Dwayne Kerr Garners Endorsement from GUO Musical Instruments Co.

Dwayne Kerr Garners Endorsement from GUO Musical Instruments Co. on the Eve of Touring Again with Erykah Badu

Dwayne
Kerr, flutist for Erykah Badu, recently announced his endorsement with
GUO Musical Instruments Co.  As a frequently touring artist, Kerr is a
great match for this maker of composite flutes. “I always wanted to own a
wood flute, but touring with the additional stress of changing weather
and climate can make traveling with a wood flute challenging. The
Grenaditte is great. It’s made with a polymer composite material…no
problems and no more worries,” he said.

Kerr
is quick to point out that the weight of the flute does not compromise
the quality. “It’s light weight making it ideal to travel and has a
beautiful warm, dark and rich tone. The action is really responsive…I
absolutely love my Grenaditte C flute…I believe the Grenaditte is the
next innovation in flute technology.”

Known as the “funky fluteman,” Kerr is currently gearing up for another tour with Erykah Badu.

About the artist:

Kerr
is proving to be a brilliant flutist who is moving the flute into
genres of music not often explored. Raised and still residing on Long
Island, New York, Kerr attended New York colleges Nassau Community
College, SUNY-Stony Brook and SUNY-Old Westbury, where he was trained
classically and in jazz. A solo performing artist since making music his
business several years ago, Kerr so much impressed Erykah Badu that he
was hired to play in the Grammy award-winning vocalist’s band in 1998. A
decade later, he hasn’t looked back. “As I watch my friend in
amazement,” Erykah said of Dwayne, “the high tones and the trills become
part of me, helping me to grow on stage. I don’t know which is sweeter,
his tone or his soul.”

While
touring and recording with Erykah Badu, Dwayne added his sound to
recordings including Ms. Badu’s version of the Chaka Khan hit,
“Hollywood,” which is on the soundtrack/CD to the Spike Lee movie
“Bamboozled,” on Motown Records and Erykah’s song, “Today,” which is on
the Red Star Sounds compilation CD on Epic Records. Kerr played on
Erykah’s latest CD, “Worldwide Underground,” and her previous CD,
“Mama’s Gun,” on Motown Records.

The benefits of the invaluable
experience and insight he acquired while working with Erykah are
obvious on Dwayne’s debut CD, Flutation described by Kirk Whalum as
“melodic and inspired”, and even more so on his sophomore effort, Higher
Calling, on which Whalum as well as Erykah add their genius as guest
artists.  Higher Calling produced two singles that charted on Smoothjazz.com Top 50 and on the R&R Indicator Top 30 Charts over 25 weeks.