Bobby Lyle is a soul jazz pianist. He was raised in Minneapolis, MN in a fa… Read Full Bio ↴Bobby Lyle is a soul jazz pianist. He was raised in Minneapolis, MN in a fabulous four square home near the corner of Park Avenue and 32nd Street. His first "gig" was at the age of 16 and in 1976 he was hired by Sly and the Family Stone. Others arragements were with with Al Jarreau and Anita Baker. From 1977 to present he has put out fifteen albums.
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A flexible pianist and keyboardist, Bobby Lyle has long straddled the boundaries between straight-ahead and more commercial forms of jazz. He grew up in Minneapolis and at age six took piano lessons from his mother, who was a church organist. Lyle played clarinet for a period in junior high school before switching back to piano. He considers Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, Erroll Garner, and Art Tatum to have been his early influences. Lyle's first gig was when he was 16 and, after two years of college, in 1964 he became a full-time musician. He spent six years playing locally in Minneapolis and then toured for two years with Young-Holt Unlimited. After returning to Minneapolis for local work (recording a set in 1974 that was released just in Japan), in 1976 Lyle moved to Los Angeles where he quickly got a job with Sly & the Family Stone. After playing with Ronnie Laws, he recorded two solo albums for Capitol. Lyle made guest appearances on recordings by George Benson, Phyllis Hyman, and Esther Phillips and in the early '80s toured with Benson and became Bette Midler's musical director. After two years with Al Jarreau, Lyle recorded a straight-ahead combo date for King (which was reissued as an Evidence CD), conducted for Anita Baker in 1986, and worked with Gerald Albright. In 1988 he began a long association with Atlantic that resulted in the release of six albums between 1989 and 1997, with Pianomagic, a 1991 album of piano solos, being one of the highlights of his career. Bobby Lyle has remained a highly versatile and valuable keyboardist as both leader and sideman during the new millennium, releasing such albums as 2002's Joyful, 2004's Straight and Smooth, and 2006's Hands On on independent labels. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
Also..... there is alot more about him than the info provided above
A flexible pianist and keyboardist, Bobby Lyle has long straddled the boundaries between straight-ahead and more commercial forms of jazz. He grew up in Minneapolis and at age six took piano lessons from his mother, who was a church organist. Lyle played clarinet for a period in junior high school before switching back to piano. He considers Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, Erroll Garner, and Art Tatum to have been his early influences. Lyle's first gig was when he was 16 and, after two years of college, in 1964 he became a full-time musician. He spent six years playing locally in Minneapolis and then toured for two years with Young-Holt Unlimited. After returning to Minneapolis for local work (recording a set in 1974 that was released just in Japan), in 1976 Lyle moved to Los Angeles where he quickly got a job with Sly & the Family Stone. After playing with Ronnie Laws, he recorded two solo albums for Capitol. Lyle made guest appearances on recordings by George Benson, Phyllis Hyman, and Esther Phillips and in the early '80s toured with Benson and became Bette Midler's musical director. After two years with Al Jarreau, Lyle recorded a straight-ahead combo date for King (which was reissued as an Evidence CD), conducted for Anita Baker in 1986, and worked with Gerald Albright. In 1988 he began a long association with Atlantic that resulted in the release of six albums between 1989 and 1997, with Pianomagic, a 1991 album of piano solos, being one of the highlights of his career. Bobby Lyle has remained a highly versatile and valuable keyboardist as both leader and sideman during the new millennium, releasing such albums as 2002's Joyful, 2004's Straight and Smooth, and 2006's Hands On on independent labels. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
Paradise Cove
Bobby Lyle Lyrics
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Pete Yorn Play me a song Play me a song Sing your heart out Expecting…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Bobby Lyle:
Best Of My Love Doesn't take much to make me happy And make me smile…
Body And Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Caught Up I'm the kinda brotha Who been doin it my way Gettin…
Genie In A Bottle I feel like I've been locked up tight For a century…
Here We Go Again Verse: 1 It's a sexy night cause rain drops are fallin…
How Do You Keep The Music Playing? How do you keep The music playing? How do you make it…
missing your love Sitting in my class, just drifting away Staring into the wi…
Poinciana Poinciana, your branches speak to me of love Pale moon is…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
The Genie I feel like I've been locked up tight For a century…
The Song is You I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
There is no Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
You Stepped Out of a Dream You stepped out of a dream You are too wonderful to…
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ACLTony
Beautiful and soothing. Excellent for listening while cruising or watching a sunset. So saddening that more young people today don't gravitate to sweet music like this.
virtueeg
Because some don't care to realize that this here music jazz any style of jazz has value, substance, and definitely has a genuine message. Some rather listen to some of that nonsense degrading music that disrespects women which I prefer not to hear because some of the Ole skool rap music talks about hope, struggles that some of them dealt with that was then. But today there are some social conscience hip hop music that tells stories. Jazz I love it, thrive, eat, sleep, and breathe jazz and other genres of music which by the way I play keyboards/Hammond B-3 . Hopefully some more young people will come forward to appreciate and respect this music.
Kanya Mpelane
We are here. I know a handful of young people who are into jazz
IronMan93
Me too. Big fan of Jazz.
Hashtaga
i do
Michael Ellis
This man is a Musical Genius to say the least. Brother Michael L. Ellis
Charles Maeger
Would love to hear this song played (on large speakers) on a remote place on Virgin Gorda, BVI, among the huge boulders by the water.
Martin Platt
Superb pianist......lovely bright style and jazzy too........
Marcus Smith
This CD, Secret Island was my road music on the autobahn, 91-94!!
A Netizen
Wonderful memories...lived in S.Fla. on the beach when this track came out.Put it in the CD rotation for when I had dinner company.