About
Kyle Eastwood (born May 19, 1968) is an American jazz bassist, film composer and actor. He studied film at the University of Southern California for two years before embarking on a music career. After becoming a session player 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 Clint Eastwood’s films. Eastwood plays fretted and fretless electric bass guitar and double bass.
Kyle Clinton Eastwood was born May 19, 1968, the son of Margaret Neville Eastwood (née Johnson) (born 1931) and actor-director Clint Eastwood. He has a sister, Alison, who was born in 1972. He also has six known paternal half-siblings, including Scott Eastwood and Francesca Eastwood.
Eastwood comes from a musical family, as noted in an October 27, 2006, article from The Independent newspaper:
When I told my father, film actor/director Clint Eastwood, I wanted to be a musician, he was happy about it. Music has always been important to my family. My parents gave me my…
Born On This Day
Bio and photo via Wikipedia, used under Creative Commons licensing.