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Listen to Bobby Lyle, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Bobby Lyle

Jazz

The next Bobby Lyle concert is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at Dakota in Minneapolis, MN, United States. See all 1 upcoming concerts
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Upcoming Concerts for Bobby Lyle

  • Jun
    17
    Jun 17, 2025
    Dakota
    Minneapolis

More albums from Bobby Lyle

Listen to Ivory Flow by Bobby Lyle
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About Bobby Lyle

Listen to Bobby Lyle, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Hometown
Memphis, TN, United States
Born
March 11, 1944
Genre
Jazz
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
Bobby Lyle has also released music as a member of Bobby Lyle Trio.

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