Henry Rena

b. August 30, 1898 d. April 25, 1949 Henry "Kid" Rena was a New Orleans trumpeter. He played in Kid Ory's band from 1919 to 1922 after Louis Armstrong left to join Fate Marable's band. Later in the 1920s, he led the Eureka Brass Band, and then founded his own band in 1932. His only recordings are from 1940, when he lead a band assembled in part by sportscaster Heywood Hale Broun, Jr.