He has made several critically acclaimed recordings as a featured artist: ChamberSax (Clarinet Classics, 1999), which explores chamber repertoire for saxophone and other instruments, was rewarded with five stars in the BBC Music Magazine. He followed this with AngloSax (Clarinet Classics, 2003), presenting a programme of British and American recital music inspired by folksong, nature, and pastoral imagery. "This is a stunning album." American Record Guide. Returning to chamber music, Kyle formed his own ensemble to record Flotilla (Big Shed Music, 2009), a project focusing on music for unusual combinations of saxophones and keyboards, connected by themes of echo and memory: "This CD sparkles with energy and the playing is terrific." The Observer www.flotilla.org.uk Another more recent release, Fairy Tales (Norwood Recordings, 2021), is a recital of Eastern European repertoire which has been praised for its "assured aplomb" ***** Stereophile. Other recordings include Inflorescence (Norwood Recordings, 2024) - an attractive recital of contemporary works, most of which were commissioned by Kyle over the past 30 years; two CDs of music by the composer Ian Stewart on the Music Chamber label - San Gejtanu (2008) and Islas (2010); Timothy Salter's Chameleon on Usk Recordings (2016); John Carmichael's Aria and Finale for his Sea Changes album on ABC Classics (2004); Roderick Elms' Cygnopations and Il Cygnet for his Moody Moves album on the Herald label (2012); and the 2006-7 Grade 8 Saxophone Syllabus for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (2006).

Apart from his own projects, Kyle maintains an active career as a freelance musician across a wide range of chamber, orchestral, contemporary, and light music. From 2008-2023 he was a founder member of the chamber ensemble 'Counterpoise', a group presenting imaginative programmes mixing instrumental pieces, spoken melodrama, and song - in collaboration with artists such as Eleanor Bron, Sir John Tomlinson, Sir Willard White, Donald Maxwell, Jacqui Dankworth, and Rozanna Madylus. The ensemble commissioned and premiered works by Edward Rushton, John Casken, David Matthews, Charlotte Bray, and Jean Hasse, performing at Kings Place in London and St. George's Bristol, as well as at the Cheltenham, City of London, Newbury, Buxton, Brighton, Deal, Petworth, Wimbledon, and Ulverston Festivals. Counterpoise released two recordings: Deadly Pleasures on the Deux-Elles label in 2013, followed by Kokoschka's Doll on Champs Hill Records in 2020. Currently, Kyle a member of the 'Art Deco Trio', an ensemble formed in 2019, and led by the pianist and arranger Iain Farrington. They have performed live and streaming concerts, have appeared on BBC Radio 3 "In Tune", and made two successful CD releases on the SOMM label: Gershwinicity, in 2020, followed by Classical Changes, in 2022. www.artdecotrio.com Kyle also leads the Pinewood Saxophone Quartet, which is inspired by the great Hollywood Saxophone Quartet of the 1950s and has a repertoire of original and arranged pieces related to cinema. Their recording, Hooray for Hollywood, was released in 2024, and they have given live performances both in London and in venues around sourthern England since that time. More information about the PSQ can be found here. Orchestral work has included concerts, tours, broadcasts, and CD recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Music Theatre Wales, Garsington Opera, Grange Park Opera, the BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and many others. Kyle is lead saxophonist with Michael Law's Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, playing music from the American songbook - Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart - mixed with early jazz arrangements by Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson, as well as songs by British contemporaries such as Ray Noble and Noel Coward - at concerts, private engagements, a residency at London's Savoy Hotel 1997-2003, and on nine recordings. The Orchestra is featured in two BBC television documentaries which have been broadcast worldwide: Len Goodman's Dancing Feet (2012) and Len Goodman's Dance Band Days (2013). www.pdo.org.uk

Committed to music education in all its forms, Kyle has been a saxophone professor at the Royal College of Music in London since 1991. In addition, he is Visiting Saxophone Consultant at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and saxophone teacher at Royal Holloway, University of London. Kyle participates frequently in outreach projects in schools, most often for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. From 2017-2022 he led the saxophone course at the MusicFest Aberystwyth International Summer School. From 2005-2016, he taught annually on the Clarinet and Saxophone Summer Course at Hindhead Music Centre in Surrey. As a writer, he contributed chapters on saxophone technique and teaching to The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge University Press, 1999). He has given performances and masterclasses at saxophone events such as the Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute (2022), the SAX 15 Festival in Amsterdam (2015) and the Singapore Saxophone Symposium (2016, 2018); he has also given many other masterclasses in Britain, France, Spain, Holland, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Australia, and the USA.

In 2010 he was a jury member at the '5th International Competition Adolphe Sax', the most prestigious international competition for saxophonists, held every four years in Dinant, Belgium. Since then he has also participated in the juries at the Josip Nochta International Saxophone Competition (Zagreb, 2024), and the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments (Dusseldorf, 2025).

In recognition of his many achievements as a performer and teacher, Kyle was appointed to the honorary position of Vice-President of the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain in 2016.