Recipients include singers, conductors, accompanists, directors and ensembles. In addition, accompanists have a much larger role in Carnatic concerts than in Hindustani concerts. Early accompanists included Bob Silverman on piano and Pete McLeod and Jeff Wood on guitars. Since its inception, The Boys Choir of Harlem featured first-class Piano Accompanists. Nattuvanars were the male accompanists of the Devadasis during their performances. Their student accompanists have won the Maestro Awards (Heritage Festival). Her accompanists on these recordings included Roosevelt Sykes, Peetie Wheatstraw, Tampa Red, and Kokomo Arnold. Composer Brown plays one of the accompanists during Cathy's auditions in "Climbing Uphill". Her accompanists included Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams. Her recorded accompanists included King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Lonnie Johnson, and Red Allen. Rajarathnam Pillai took a number of younger nadaswaram players as his accompanists. She also uses acoustic accompanists in her compilations when applicable. Her accompanists were Ronnie Whyte and Frank Tate. He played for four years until the arrival of talkies made accompanists irrelevant. "The Musical Times" later called him "the prince of accompanists".