Jazz / Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz
Kyle Eastwood - Producer, Mixing, Vocals, Bass (Acoustic), Bass (Electric)
Alex Wurman Keyboards
Andrew McCormack Piano (Electric), Piano
Ben Cullum Vocals
Bernie Grundman Mastering
Bud Harner A&R
Dave Koz Executive Producer
Dave O'Higgins Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano)
Dimitri Smilenko Photography, Artwork
Doug Tyo Mixing Assistant
Doug Webb Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Frank Cody Executive Producer
Graeme Flowers Trumpet
Hyman Katz Executive Producer
Jeff Chiang Product Manager
John Beasley Fender Rhodes, Piano
John Gallen Engineer
Manu Katche Drums
Michael Stevens Producer, Drums, Mixing, Programming, Vocals (Background), Bass (Electric), Engineer, Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar
Ralph Salmins Engineer, Drums
Renzo Mantovani Producer
Rik Pekkonen Mixing
Ron Moss Management
Vincent Bruley Engineer
Continuing in the vein of 2005's Paris Blue, bassist Kyle Eastwood delivers more contemporary jazz with a funky twist on 2006's Now. Mixing acid jazz stylings, modal themes, and some hip-hop influences on his third solo album, Eastwood has crafted yet another Euro-r&b-jazz-dance-hop album that benefits from a solid group aesthetic and a pop craftsman's sense of melody. Interestingly, vocalist Ben Cullum -- brother of pianist/vocalist Jamie Cullum -- guests here on such funky r&b-inflected cuts as "I Can't Remember" and "Leave It." Similarly intriguing is Eastwood's cover of the Police classic "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" featuring vocals by keyboardist Michael Stevens. It's an expansive new age-meets-techno dance track that also makes room for late-'60s Impulse-style keyboard improvisation. While Now is by no means a straight-ahead jazz album and will most likely appeal to the broader smooth jazz audience, it is nonetheless a vibrant, genre-crossing experiment and once again displays Eastwood's deft knack for bringing together topnotch musicians with sophisticated club-ready material. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide
Kyle Eastwood
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Soundtracks, Film Music
The son of legendary actor Clint Eastwood, bassist Kyle Eastwood inherited his father's well-known love of jazz music, becoming a respected session player during the early '90s; later fronting his own quartet, he contributed a track to the 1997 Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall tribute LP, and a year later issued his solo debut, From There to Here. He then returned with the pop- and soul-influenced Paris Blue in 2005 and Now in 2006.
---Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide |
