Conversation so far:
What year was Allen Toussaint born?
Toussaint was born in 1938.
Where was he born?
New Orleans.
Who were his parents?
his mother, Naomi Neville.
Who was his father?
His father, Clarence, worked on the railway and played trumpet.
Did he grow up in an affluent upbringing?
grew up in a shotgun house in the Gert Town neighborhood.
Did he start music at an early age?
Allen Toussaint learned piano as a child and took informal music lessons from an elderly neighbor, Ernest Pinn.
Did he continue to develop his music abilities?
In his teens he played in a band, the Flamingos, with the guitarist Snooks Eaglin, before dropping out of school.
Was his family musically inclined?
His father, Clarence, worked on the railway and played trumpet.
Where did he go to college?
he played in a band, the Flamingos, with the guitarist Snooks Eaglin, before dropping out of school.

Question: WHen was he discoverd?
Self-contained rewrite: When was Tom Toussaint discovered?