He was a skilled piano player and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet for almost fifty years.

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In nineteen fifty-two, the group became the Modern Jazz Quartet and established its own identity.

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In addition to touring and recording with his quartet, he's worked as a composer or arranger on the Clint Eastwood films "Mystic River."

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With his father's blessing, Kyle left the film studies program at the University of Southern California, brushed up on his bass playing, and formed a band, The Kyle Eastwood Quartet.

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