Bartok - Bela Bartok - was another one. I missed a chance to meet him when I was with Benny Goodman's band in 1942. Bela Bartok was still living. He was broke. After writing Concerto for Orchestra and all of the brilliant things, he wound up broke. Mel Powell, the piano player with Benny Goodman, used to bring him groceries to keep him alive. I was supposed to go with Mel Powell one day, but Benny Goodman had me doing something else. So I missed the opportunity to meet Bela Bartok. He died in 1945. A genius.