* Ca 1901 New Orleans, La.
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As a brass band musician he played with: Henry "Kid" Rena Brass Band

Younger brother of Henry "Kid" Rena.

He jobbed around with Henry Rena while in hid early teens. He played with Wesley Don's Liberty Bell Orchestra in 1920 and was with his brother's Dixie jazz band in 1923 and 1924. He recorded with Henry in 1940 and stayed with him until 1945, when he retired from music to become an Evangelical Baptist preacher.16

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Sources (brassband history):
16 New Orleans Jazz, family album by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon