Not sure who you're actually referring to in terms of virtuosos, but I'm assuming you're referring to the likes of Wooten and Miller and Graham and such, but as

Not sure who you're actually referring to in terms of virtuosos, but I'm assuming you're referring to the likes of Wooten and Miller and Graham and such, but as a band leader I'd pick Paul over any of them because his track record (heh) of elevating the song, even with his distinct simplicity, adds more to the composition (more often than not) than any other. Sure, I'm biased toward a steady diet of Beatles and blues as my musical foundation, but even dipping into jazz, latin, afro-beat, etc, his compositional contributions are second to very few, and to me, that beats out flashy playing (even when it showcases complicated understanding of theory) every single day of the week.