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Kyle Eastwood Songs From The Chateau Release Party

Bassist and composer Kyle Eastwood, is set to perform at the Blue Note in New York City on Monday, September 19, with sets at 8pm and 10:30pm. The CD Release Party will be in support of his new Rendezvous Music release, Songs From The Chateau.

Today, the musician is less and less known as the son of Clint Eastwood and more of a universally respected musician and leader in his own right. A virtuoso bassist on electric and upright, as well as a talented composer with a keen ear for great tunes and the subtleties of modern jazz, he is right at the forefront of the contemporary scene, having chosen to immerse himself in the music he loves. Dynamic and pulsing, full of swing, great rhythms and memorable melodies, Songs From The Chateau is Eastwood's fourth US effort on Rendezvous Music (licensed from Candid Records - one of the leading independent jazz labels in the UK). With this new album Eastwood set out to capture the sounds and energy with which his band regularly tours the world to sellout crowds.

When he is not on tour Eastwood spends much of his time between Paris, where he has lived on and off for five years, and Los Angeles and is very much at home in France; Eastwood's preceding release on Rendezvous, Metropolitain, was also recorded in France, so it was natural to look there for an ideal place where he and his musicians could relax for a few days and allow their creative juices to flow. Such a place turned out to be the fabulous 15th Century Couronneau in Ligueux, deep in classic Bordeaux country, and Songs From The Chateau was born. To capture the authentic sound of the all-star band Eastwood has on display, producer Crofton Orr and the engineering of Simone Griva were enlisted. Also on board was long time collaborator Michael Stevens (cowriter with Eastwood on the scores for films including Changeling and Gran Torino).

There's a simple explanation as to why Eastwood's group meshes so well together. He has been carefully developing this band for years; the most recent addition to the group has already been with the band for four years. "Some of my favorite albums in jazz were made by musicians who stayed together and developed this kind of group feeling and that is something that has always been important to me," he says before going on to explain his time looking for musicians who want to be a part of the group but that can also bring something creative to the table that gels with the other musicians. Songs From The Chateau clearly exemplifies the direction this group is going in and leaves you anxious for more.