The Best...? he is, probably somewhere, cleaning the floors and emptying waste baskets...! The list above, is rather sad one...just as the world is. TURNING THE FOOLS INTO RICH HEROES!! The last, of the best ones, probably died 150 years ago!
Best musician in the world?
A question posed in another thread, in my view, although musicianship is hardly a sport to be measured as such, the most universally prodigious musician is probably Shawn Lane. He is definitely the world's most phenomenal/inimitable electric guitarist. And he is a world-class pianist and saxaphonist as well.