Kyle Eastwood

Born in Los Angeles, California on May 19, 1968, Kyle Eastwood is an American jazz musician who plays bass and double bass. His father - film star and director Clint Eastwood - and his mother, Maggie Johnson, both played music and he grew up listening to great jazz artists at home and at festivals he visited with his parents. He started performing while in high school and studied with French bass player Bunny Bruhel. He formed the Kyle Eastwood Quartet and did a lot of session work in Los Angeles. His 1998 debut album, From There to Here, went to number 21 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz Albums chart. He continued to achieve success with his releases including 2005’s Paris Blue, which reached number 20. Other releases include Now (2006) with the title track going to number 25 on Billboard's Smooth Jazz Songs chart, Metropolitain (2009), Songs from the Chateau (2011), and The View from Here (2013), which rose to number 24 on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart and number 42 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart. He continued to achieve success with albums such as Time Pieces (2015), In Transit (2017) and Cinematic (2019). Kyle Eastwood has contributed songs and music to several of his father's movies including Honkytonk Man (1982), The Rookie (1990), Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Flags of Our Fathers (2006). With Michael Stevens, he wrote the scores for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Gran Torino (2006) and Invictus (2009). Kyle Eastwood earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2009 – along with co-writers Michael Stevens and Jamie Cullum - for the song “Gran Torino” from the film of the same name. In 2023, he released the album Eastwood Symphonic, which was a musical tribute to his father’s film career and includes his interpretations of songs that have been featured in his father’s filmography.