Who are your top 10 musicians from the 20th Century?

I listen (and play, i'm a pianist in my spare time) all types of music and I think I have a good overall grasp for the overall music landscape. I feel these are the best musicians as far as pure talent is concerned from the 20th century

1. Art Tatum - no one has ever mastered a musicaal instrument like Tatum mastered the piano, ever, period. and he was blind.


2. Jimmi Hendrix - greatest guitarist of all time and was a prodigy


3. Michael Jackson - child abuse crap aside, he was a lycral genius. Like literally every song he ever wrote was a hit


4. Elton John - brilliant pianist and great song writer.


5. Miles Davis - literally created an entire era of jazz single handily. Kind of blue is IMHO the single best album of any genre


6. John Lennon - The beatles. Nuff said


7. Elvis Presley - the godfather of rock and roll. Brilliant performer


8. Stevie Wonder - Could sing, play the piano and play the harmonica, all at elite levels. The album eivets rednow is probably one of my fav of all time as it's basically just a show of stevie wonder's versatility.


9. Barbara Streisand- As much of a fan as I am of Ella Fitzgerald and Whitney Houston, Streisand in her prime could not be touched vocally. She was amazing


10. Jay Z - While rap is not really all my thing, Jay Z is a prodigy at what he does. He basically free styles classic albums. The Blue print, which is my fav rap album of all time, he free styled in 2 days. His free styles on hot 97 are better than 98% of rappers albums.