red hot jazz jazzbanner

Kid Rena's Jazz Band
Kid Rena's Jazz BandThe rehearsals were held at Willie Santiago’s house in New Orleans. The finished cuts were recorded at WWL radio station, Roosevelt Hotel, in New Orleans.

The complete recordings of Kid Rena are on one excellent CD, “Prelude To The Revival vol. 2: Kid Rena 1940” (American Music AMCD-41). It may be ordered through www.jazzology.com

discography

TitleRecording DateRecording LocationCompany
Clarinet Marmalade
(Larry Shields / Eddie Edwards / Tony Sparbaro / Nick LaRocca)
8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
805
Clarinet Marmalade- rehearsal
(Larry Shields / Eddie Edwards / Tony Sparbaro / Nick LaRocca)
8-14-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
unissued
Get It Right
(Traditional)
8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
B 807
Gettysburg March (A master)8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
801
Gettysburg March (B master)8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
801
Gettysburg March – rehearsal8-14-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
unissued
High Society8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
804
High Society- rehearsal8-14-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
unissued
Lowdown Blues8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
803
Milenburg Joys
(Jelly Roll Morton)
8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
804
Panama
(William H. Tyers)
8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
800
Panama #1- rehearsal
(William H. Tyers)
8-14-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
unissued
Panama #2- rehearsal
(William H. Tyers)
8-14-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
unissued
Weary Blues – rehearsal
(Artie Matthews)
8-14-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
unissued
Weary Blues
(Artie Matthews)
8-21-1940New Orleans, LousianaDelta
B 806

ArtistInstrument
Henry “Kid” RenaTrumpet, Leader
“Big Eye” Louis NelsonClarinet
Alphonse PicouClarinet
“Big” Jim RobinsonTrombone
Willie SantiagoGuitar
Albert GlennyString Bass
Joe RenaDrums

 

The site supplying most of the MP3 files to the Red Hot Jazz Archive pages on Syncopatedtimes.com is down and many links no longer work. You may find the original Redhotjazz.com and download all of the original RealMedia .ra music files on the WayBackMachine at Archive.org. 

https://web.archive.org/www.redhotjazz.com