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STAGE PRESENCE // BLUEPRINT JAZZ
> Rising stars. Feel free to swoon.
Jazz and bebop pioneers Charlie "Bird" Parker, Louie Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie are no longer alive to make music, but their influence lives on. It's easy to hear just how well through the sounds of Blueprint Jazz.
Led by trumpet player Tommy Johnson, Blueprint Jazz has a flexible lineup of Lawrence-area jazz musicians. The usual lineup features Max Alsbrooks on drums, Lucas Parker on both bass and guitar, and Addison Frei on piano.
"Our sound is a culmination of all of our influences," Johnson says, citing the aforementioned artists. "We started out playing standards, but the more we play together, the more we incorporate our own works into Blueprint."
The jazz combo uses standards from 30s, 40s and 50s jazz, most in the bebop style that is upbeat, roaring fast and improvised, but finds room to mix in their own modern sounds and style. The band almost always opens their set with their version of vibraphonist/composer Milt Jackson's "Bag Groove," and closes the evening swing with "Bring it On Home to Me" by soul crooner Sam Cooke.
Blueprint Jazz plays every Friday night
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Standard players. Blueprint Jazz plays near the entrance of ibar. The band includes a flexible lineup of Lawrence Jazz musicians who play songs by Milt Jackson and Sam Cooke.
from 7-9:30 p.m. at the iBar at Ingredient, 947 Massachusetts St. Ian Sotomayor, a Lawrence resident who regularly goes to jazz shows at the iBar, says you can always count on hearing "accomplished musicians and incredible jazz," but Johnson says the experience is unique and different every time. "One week we sound this way, another week maybe we sound totally different. I guess that's good," Johnson says. "It's fun."
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monus, students can expect to see construction beginning on 12th Street between Louisiana to Vermont streets because the Oread Neighborhood Lighting Project will finally be executed.
Additional funds that were needed from the Community Development Block Grant went through, so the final phases of the
the city of Lawrence, the project will be broken down into four phases. The first phase will include construction on the sidewalk of 12th Street between Louisiana and Vermont streets to comply with handicap standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Phase one has been contracted and workers are busy completing other projects before beginning
they will wait until class is out and after graduation, so it's the least inconvenient to students."
Phase two, which includes 10-foot decorative light poles in South Park, will commence as soon as the materials are delivered.
Phases three and four include the installation of lights along 12th Street between Louisiana
should be completed before the end of the year, Thiel said, with the possibility that phase four will continue until 2012.
The project will help increase safety for students and community members who travel along that pathway.
SEE LIGHT ON PAGE 3A
Oread Neighborhood Lighting Project
Forecasts by University students. For a complete detailed forecast for the week, see page 2A.
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Only cases of a stolen bicycle and some ill-placed graffiti stirred the spring break silence
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Two campus crimes occur during break
CRIME | 3A
PARKING & TRANSIT DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF KANASAS
1501 IRVING HILL ROAD
LAWRENCE, KANASAS 66045-7006
With the economic inflation and more students taking the bus, the University's parking and transit revenues are decreasing, leading it to make up for the lost revenue in some way.
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TICKETS | 3A
Although nothing has been decided upon yet, the department has submitted different budgets to the provost's office. One of the budgets involving the red zone includes a percentage increase on various things like parking permits, fines.
BY LAURA THOMAS lthomas@kansan.com
SEE FEES ON PAGE 3A
Students planning on buying a KU parking pass for the next school year could be in for an unpleasant surprise. The parking and transit department at the University is considering a parking fee increase around campus.
"The parking and transit department is completely user funded," Donna Hultine, University director of parking and transit, said. "So we really rely on the revenue streams of parking permits, tickets, garage revenue and events."
One more sentenced in ticket scandal
Former athletics department employees now face steep fines and years of jail time.
Check out Kansan.com for more information about the potential increases in parking for the 2011- 2012 school year.
SOFTBALL | 8A
Jayhawks prepare to fight for first Big 12 victory against Huskers today
After recent losses to No. 11 Missouri and No. 8 Texas, and a split doubleheader against UKMC, Kansas turns its attention to Big 12 play in its upcoming game against No. 16 Nebraska.