He also performs regularly at clubs and festivals in New Orleans. Andrew Jackson Young, Jr., born in 1932, is a New Orleans native and minister who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. He was the first black congressman elected in Georgia since Reconstruction, a United Nations Ambassador, and the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1981 through 1989. Antoine Fats Domino, Jr., a native New Orleanian born in 1928, is known worldwide for his bluesy piano playing. Ain't That a Shame.
Fats currently resides in New Orleans.
He has won numerous awards, including an Emmy in 1976, and is known for his skillful interviewing techniques. Many believe he was the first to add improvisation to the music. Unfortunately, Bolden never recorded any of his music. A native of New Orleans, Armstrong learned to play the cornet at a young age, playing in the back alleys and clubs of Storyville in New Orleans. He traveled internationally and his popularity never waned.