Kid rena
Henry "Kid" Rena (* the 30th August 1898 in New Orleans , Louisiana ; † 25. April 1949 ) was an American jazz - trumpet player and band leader of the New Orleans Jazz .
Live and act
Kid Rena is said to have had lessons from trumpeter Manuel Perez . He replaced Louis Armstrong in Kid Ory's band when he was playing on Mississippi steamers with Fate Marable . When Ory went to Los Angeles in 1922 , he stayed in New Orleans and founded his own band, with which he was in Chicago several times over the next two years . He later took over the Eureka Brass Band until he founded his own brass band in 1932 .
Rena also managed with his bands to survive the Depression of the 1930s, in which jazz almost died out in New Orleans and musicians like Bunk Johnson had to find other occupations. In 1940 he was one of the first musicians to make recordings in New Orleans in the beginning Dixieland Revival - as the leader of a band in which, among others, Alphonse Picou played. But Rena could no longer play because of health problems (he was an alcoholic ) in 1947 and died two years later.
Web links
- Kid Rena at Allmusic (English)
- Kid Rena at Redhotjazz
- Kid Rena on Find a grave
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| SURNAME | Rena, kid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rena, Henry (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1949 |
| Place of death | New Orleans , Louisiana |