Carlos is also an accomplished songwriter, instrumentalist, and recording artist. Such an artist performs the roles of composer, lyricist, vocalist, sometimes instrumentalist, and often self-manager. Despite such success as an instrumentalist, he ultimately chose to become a composer. Some 2009 shows also featured Donna the Buffalo singer/instrumentalist Tara Nevins. Augustin Hadelich was named the 2018 "Instrumentalist of the Year" by Musical America. Davis was awarded "Best Traditional Blues/R&B Instrumentalist" at the 2009 Washington Area Music Awards. A notable instrumentalist in this style has been Mestre Zinho. Explanations generally fall into one of three schools of thought&colon; primordialist, instrumentalist, and constructivist. Gibb debuted his career as an instrumentalist in 1964 on "Claustrophobia". One woman instrumentalist is Annapurna Devi. Davis proved, perhaps, to be the most pivotal instrumentalist during these sessions. You don't need to be a great instrumentalist to play it. It originally consisted of him and Danish instrumentalist Robin Hannibal.