Career
Kerr was a student of Willie "The Lion" Smith. The band he led with Greer and Procope frequented Greenwich Village jazz clubs and hotels in the New York City area. He attended the Foote School in his native New Haven.
Kerr was a student of Willie "The Lion" Smith. The band he led with Greer and Procope frequented Greenwich Village jazz clubs and hotels in the New York City area. He attended the Foote School in his native New Haven.
Kerr also participated in several tributary projects devoted to Duke Ellington that featured former members of Ellington"s crew, such as Ray Nance and Francis Williams.