I am not convinced that there is any distinction between people that go to hear a OMB play sing etc and an Oscar Peterson Concert . How people appreciate music will always be subjective for them and the performer will always influence how the audience appreciate the performance. Some people say that sting is a great bass player but i know better bass players that wont get the audiences sting gets. Some people think Elton Johns a great pianist and yet cats like Frank McCombe who are in DIFFERENT LEAGUE ALTOGETHER (in my opinion) wont get the audiences elton will get.

Is that because people love the music better or the person or is it both ??????

I know this for a fact, if Sting were playing in the UK at the NIA or Peter Baartmans for yamaha, i would be at Mr Baartmans.

And thats based purely on the skill of the musician.