“Favourite female singers,” Eastwood pondered later in the episode. “Dinah Washington for ‘What Difference a Day Makes’. This was very popular years ago and is still a wonderful record. She was a fabulous interpreter of songs.

and also Woody Herman for instrumental ballad was ‘Early Autumn’.

Moving on, Eastwood revealed his passion for orchestral compositions. “My favourite big orchestra instrumental was the Woody Herman orchestra doing ‘Lemon Drop’.

“One of my favourite albums was Joe Williams, A Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry, [in] which he also does standards, and he has such great songs as, ‘If I Should Lose You’ and ‘What’s New’,” 2 he added. “Some of these have been interpreted by pop singers of today, but most of them come from a long time back.”

“One of my favourite albums was Joe Williams, A Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry, [in] which he also does standards, and he has such great songs as, ‘If I Should Lose You’ and ‘What’s New’,” 2 he added. “Some of these have been interpreted by pop singers of today, but most of them come from a long time back.”

“One of my favourite albums was Joe Williams, A Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry"

"With John Coltrane and Miles, and Cannonball [Adderly] and Bill Evans, it's still one of the greatest jazz albums ever."

Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

I was brought up during the ’40s and ’50s music-wise, when you had the great singers. The men were Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine and the women were Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Peggy Lee. You were just used to great singers.

When you were filming that romantic dance sequence with Meryl Streep in Bridges, did you use mood music on the set? When we were doing that scene, we actually played that version of “I See Your Face Before Me” by Johnny Hartman.

A number of your films were associated with country music Are you a big fan? I never was a mainstream-country-music listener growing up, but I did see Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys and a few others. But I really like country music when it’s done well.

I love Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole as much as anyone — they were fabulous pop singers.

I love Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole as much as anyone — they were fabulous pop singers.

- I like jazz very much, I love country music, pop music, swing. - Actually David Frizzell and Shelly West were there for a while. - Yes, for a wonderful record "God made Oklahoma."

Eastwood also has a soft spot for movie scores — and ever since 2003's Mystic River has been composing his own. But he considers Ennio Morricone to be the maestro. "The first time I heard him was on A Fistful of Dollars. I thought, 'Who the hell did this score?!' It just came on like gangbusters."

I went to see Parker play in 1945 or '46. When you heard him live, it was something special. Real wizardry.