Most sophisticated and intelligent musician


Let's stay with not classical musicians.
It's John McLaughlin for me.
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Don't forget those who did something new, like Les Paul and even Chuck Berry.
Peter Gabriel
Frank Zappa
Van Morrison
Brian Wilson
Peter Asher
Booker T Jones
Jon Leventhal
Bob Dylan
Donald Fagen
Robert Fripp
Paul Simon
David Byrne
Thom Yorke
David Gilmour, Al Dimeola, Neil Pert, Tony Levin, Agree with Knopfler, Clapton,maybe you should have narrowed it by instrument. Names just keep popping in my head.