One of my heroes! Bela has extended the reach of the banjo so far beyond the vision of most humans that he must be categorized as a genius. Bluegrass, jazz, world music, classical - talent and skill unimaginable until you hear him. Not just a phenomenal banjo player - a phenomenal musician.
Listen to Bela Fleck and the Flecktones for jazz, "The Bluegrass Sessions" for bluegrass, his classical album for arrangements of Bach and Paganini, and try to find the video of his concert doing ragas with an Indian tabla player, and accomanying a Mongolian throat singer!
Very cool. 8)