1. Do you prefer just audio or video/audio of your favorite songs?
Most jazz (at least the older classics) exist only as audio. Some of the classic stuff is on tape, and I see it on CoolTV though.
2. What do you like to listen to in the car (radio, CD, mp3 playlist...etc)?Since I'm always a passenger it depends what the driver is listening to. More often than not it's AM radio (many of my drivers are Haitian, so I hear a lot of CPAM, which is on the AM band). A few have CD players in their cars though.
3. Do you lean more towards a LIVE version of songs or the studio release?I have to go with the studio record release on the album usually, but jazz sounds best live, say at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Only live can you hear an artist experiment with their tunes.
4. What is your ideal concert venue?It doesn't exist as such anymore, but the Montreal Forum was great.
5. What's your favorite format (vinyl, cassette, cd, mp3 etc)?Usually, CD has the best sound to me. I have some jazz recordings on cassette, none on vinyl - mind you, I don't have a record player, so those would be wasted.
Bonus: You can only see one concert this year. Who would it be, and where would the concert be.It may surprise you, but my dream concert would be a supershow with Queen (when Freddie Mercury was alive) and Billy Joel. They aren't jazz, but these are the folks I've listened to since I was a child, and are my favorites.
