Kyle Eastwood (born May 19, 1968) is an American

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bassist and film composer. He studied film at the

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for two years before embarking on a music career. After becoming a

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in the early 1990s and leading his own quartet, he released his first solo album, ''From There to Here'', in 1998. His album ''The View From Here'' was released in 2013 by Jazz Village. In addition to his solo albums, Eastwood has composed music for nine of his father's,

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, films. Eastwood plays fretted and fretless electric bass guitar and

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Early life

Kyle Clinton Eastwood was born May 19, 1968, the son of Margaret Neville Eastwood (nee Johnson) (born 1931) and actor-director

. He has a sister, Alison, who was born in 1972. He also has six known paternal half-siblings: Laurie (b. 1954), Kimber (b. 1964),

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(b. 1986), Kathryn (b. 1988), Francesca (b. 1993) and Morgan (b. 1996).

Career

Music

Eastwood comes from a musical family, as noted in an October 27, 2006, article from ''

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'' newspaper: Music was prominent in the Eastwood home. According to his biography with Hopper Management, Eastwood grew up listening to records by jazz legends such as

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, and the

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Big Band with his parents, who were both jazz lovers. Eastwood attended the

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numerous times with his parents. "One advantage of having a famous father was I got to go backstage," Eastwood explained in an interview conducted by stepmother

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. "I met a lot of artists, greats like

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and

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. Looking back on that, I can see how much the musicians I met there influenced my career." Eastwood began playing bass guitar in high school, learning R&B,

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, and

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tunes by ear. After studying with French bassist Bunny Brunel, he began playing gigs in New York City and Los Angeles, forming the Kyle Eastwood Quartet which contributed to ''Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall'' (1996), a concert in honor of Clint Eastwood and his dedication to jazz. Clint Eastwood has always been supportive of, and interested in, Kyle's work, as Eastwood told ''The Independent'': "As far as my father is concerned, as long as I was serious about my music career, he was supportive of me." Two years later, in 1998, Sony released his first album, ''From There to Here'', a collection of

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and original compositions. After signing with the UK's

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in 2004, Eastwood moved to

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's label, Rendezvous, which released his albums '' Paris Blue'' (2005), and ''Now'' (2006). In addition to his solo albums, Eastwood has also contributed music to nine of his father's films: '' The Rookie'' (1990), ''

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'' (2002), ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' (2006), ''

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'' (2006), ''

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'' (2008), ''

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'' (2008), ''

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'' (2009) and '' J. Edgar'' (2011). He was nominated with music partner Michael Stevens for a 2006

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Award for Original Score (''

''). In 2014 Eastwood and Matt McGuire contributed to the score of the documentary '' Homme Less'' about homeless photographer Mark Reay.

Other work

Kyle Eastwood provided the voice of "Daddy" in "Daddy and Son" (2007) and the voice of 1980s-era DJ Andy Wright for the computer game ''

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'' (2005). He had a supporting role in the 1982 Clint Eastwood film ''

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''.

Personal life

Eastwood has a daughter, Graylen (b. March 28, 1994) with Laura Gomez. They married in May 1995 and filed for divorce in 2005. Eastwood married Cynthia Ramirez in September 2014 at his father's Mission Ranch Hotel in

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Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Soundtracks

Filmography

Composer/performer/arranger

* 1990 '' The Rookie'' as composer, "Red Zone" with Michael Stevens * 1991 ''

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'' as uncredited performer * 2003 ''

'' as composer, "Cosmo", "Black Emerald Blues" with Michael Stevens * 2004 ''

'' as composer, "Boxing Baby", "Solferino", "Blue Diner" with Michael Stevens * 2006 ''

'' as composer, with Michael Stevens * 2006 ''

'' as arranger * 2007 '' Rails & Ties'' as music by * 2008 ''

'' as arrangements * 2008 ''

'' as composer, with Michael Stevens * 2009 ''

'' as composer, with Michael Stevens * 2011 '' J. Edgar'' as composer, "Red Sails in the Sunset", "I Only Have Eyes for You"

Actor

* 1976 '' The Outlaw Josey Wales'' as Josey's Son (uncredited) * 1980 ''

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'' as Orphan (uncredited) * 1982 ''

'' as Whit Stovall * 1990 '' The Rookie'' as Band Member At Ackerman's House Party (uncredited) * 1995 ''

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'' as James Rivers Band * 2007 ''

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'' as James * 2011 '' J. Edgar'' as Member of The "Stork Club Band"

References

External links

* *
Profile at All About Jazz
* Kyle Eastwoodat

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