Kyle Eastwood
Kyle Eastwood, the eldest son of the great actor and director Clint Eastwood, grew up in Carmel, California, listening at home to records by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davis. As the son of jazz-loving parents, Kyle fell in love with this music. Being the son of one of the most famous men in the world gave him the chance to get to know great jazz stars such as Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, behind the scenes at the Monterrey Jazz Festival, fifteen minutes away from his home.
Shortly afterwards Kyle had piano lessons and in 1982 he started his career with a leading role in the film Honkytonk Man, in which he acted alongside his father. Kyle then enrolled at UCLA to study cinematography, but after two years he realised that music, to be more precise, jazz, was his real passion.
When he reached the age of eighteen Kyle started playing the electric bass. Some friends of his father’s helped to convince him to devote himself to the double bass, especially after he met Ray Brown and John Clayton, and spent many hours on set with Lenny Niehaus, who composed the soundtrack for Bird, a film that was a tribute to Charlie Parker, directed by Clint Eastwood. Through Niehaus, Kyle got to know Bull Neidlinger, a bassist who had worked with Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. After years trying to establish a reputation by playing in clubs in New York and Los Angeles, Kyle signed a contract with Sony, and on this label in 1988 he brought out his first album, From There to Here, which was well received by the critics. He then began to establish himself in the world of cinema with a contribution to the soundtrack of Mystic River, a film that won two Oscars.
During 2004 Kyle lived in London and collaborated with his friend, the music producer Michael Stevens. He then met Alan Bates, the chairman of Candid Records, with whom he brought out his international hit, Paris Blue. Kyle continued to work hard in the film industry and composed three pieces for Million Dollar Baby (2004), which won four Oscars. In October 2006 he brought out Now, his second album with Candid. This new album, produced by Michael Stevens, contains songs written and sung by Ben Cullum and Andrew McCormack, the pianist who has won the BBC British jazz award. After this he went on tour around Europe, the USA and Japan to promote his new album, and then went back to the United States to work on two new projects with his father: Flags of our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2007).Concert venue: Arriaga Theatre
Film screenings
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Concierto - Jazz Cinema (Bilbao 700)
kyle Eastwood
Arriaga Theatre
28-11-2009 - 20:00h
