Kyle Eastwood

Kyle Eastwood could have coasted entirely on his father's legendary shadow, but instead he went and built a genuinely impressive jazz career on his own terms — and that's what I respect most about him. He trained at USC, paid his dues as a session bassist in the early '90s, formed his own quartet, and steadily released albums that earned him real credibility in jazz circles, not just celebrity-kid curiosity clicks. His 1998 debut From There to Here showed he had something to say, and he kept saying it across subsequent records, including 2013's The View from Here. He's also carved out a niche composing film scores, which makes sense given the household he grew up in. Clint's son, sure — but Kyle Eastwood is very much his own musician.

Name (English)

Kyle Eastwood

Name (Japanese)

カイル・イーストウッド

Reading

かいる・いーすとうっど

Born

May 19, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Height

2 cm

Occupation

actor / composer / jazz musician / music arranger / jazz guitarist

University

University of Southern California

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://kyleeastwood.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/kyleeastwood
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%A6%E3%83%83%E3%83%89

Tags

• California
• actor
• composer
• jazz musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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