Just A Minute With: Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood is well-known for his tough guy acting roles and has developed directing as a second career, but he has another passion that tends to get less attention -- jazz.

Eastwood, 77, directed a biopic of Charlie "Bird" Parker in 1988 and is now making a documentary about pianist Dave Brubeck.

Eastwood, a pianist himself who received an honorary doctorate of music from the Berklee College of Music, spoke to Reuters about his interest in jazz that dates back to his youth in the San Francisco area during the 1940s:

Read the Q&A here

By Adam Tanner
Reuters/Nielsen

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