Cyclo adds performance for November 19

The Italian jazz group Cyclo, which includes St. Louis guitarist and Washington University instructor Bill Lenihan, has added one more performance to its St. Louis schedule, setting up a free concert at Wash U's Steinberg Auditorium for 8 p.m. next Saturday, November 19. The news release from Wash U. also provides a few more details about the band:

(Lenihan's) numerous recordings include Spirti del Mare, a collaboration with Italian pianist Antonio Figura that pays tribute to the haunting sounds of the sea in Sicily, the region of both their families' roots.

After recording Spirti del Mare, Lenihan and Figura formed Cyclo with bass player Alberto Amato and Marco Barsanti, a well-known Florentine drummer. Lenihan performs with the group in Italy during December and January and throughout the summer, when the group tours Italy and elsewhere in Europe.

Lenihan says of their music, "The cantabile (singing quality) of Italian melody joins with the harmonic language and aesthetics of American and European jazz, the traditions of classical music, and influences from elsewhere in the new musical spectrum, to form the expressive and original musical voice of Cyclo."

The release also notes that St. Louis bassist Tom Kennedy, who's toured with groups such as Steps Ahead and the Dave Weckl Band, will substitute for Amato for the 11/19 performance.