Quote Originally Posted by XTC
Well lets hear who you think is the best musician talent wise.

My idea is Prince by a long shot. The dude is unique its like he has his own music genre. Not to add the guy can play practiaclly every damn instrument amazingly and writes all his own shit.

Not a bad choice among pop (fusion) music stars. It IS impressive when he runs from instrument to instrument jamming out solos during his shows. But for me, there is something to be said for a musician who unquestionably MASTERS an intstrument (including voice) in such a way that you hear their "stamp" anytime, in anything they play.

I;ll throw up a name or two, but first some clarifications- only LIVING musicians, right? And you are including pure composers also? (if so, you would have to weigh a kind of subjective composition + performance ability vs. pure composition vs pure performance etc).