Kyle Eastwood [Jazz/Cinematic]

“Eastwood’s groove on electric bass is dripping with swagger, as the horns pump out the anti-hero’s theme” – Rob Mallows, UK Jazz News

Growing up in Carmel, CA, Kyle Eastwood has fond memories of long bus rides to school listening to the pop hits of the 70s, which sparked an early passion for rock and roll. When he was at home, though, it was all about jazz blues and R&B, as his parents, actor/director Clint Eastwood and Maggie Johnson, filled their home with Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Ray Charles and the Big Band music of Duke Ellington and Stan Kenton.

The first concert he remembers attending (at age nine) was the Monterey Jazz Festival, where he heard the Count Basie Big Band led by Basie himself. Kyle’s initial passion for jazz was kindled not only by attending concerts by Getz, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, but also having the opportunity to meet these legends.

As the son of a film icon whose love of jazz is as legendary as his work onscreen and behind the scenes, Kyle developed a lifelong passion for both art forms, which in turn has fuelled his rise as a world renowned bassist, prolific and eclectic recording artist, international touring bandleader/performer and ASCAP Award winning, Golden Globe nominated film composer in his own right.

Kyle’s dual love for cinema and jazz reached a fascinating pinnacle with the release of his 2019 album Cinematic, which featured the bassist and his long-time ensemble (trumpeter Quentin Collins, saxophonist Brandon Allen, pianist Andrew McCormack and drummer Chris Higginbottom) creating adventurous, richly textured jazz explorations of scores of some of his favourite films, some as he says, “which are instantly recognizable, and others less obvious”

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