you already well we have a wonderful evening for you and started off mr jeff a frequent co writer and come on down producer of the paper jets this pianist guitarist drummer and composer of over two thousand regional songs has issued for digital solo e p available at sleepy satellites got band camp dot com a long time d j for juggernaut entertainment and music columnist for the hit podcast the great albums jet is a founder of the label aqua long records launched in january geoff first appeared with us in november of twenty fifteen and we are so glad that he is back with this  evening we are thrilled so tom if you set up with your little bit of audio here for a moment you is my favorite venue to play i've only played this song oh oh and concert once before and open mikes so you are almost the first audience to hear this one and it was actually co written by a to your fellow audience what i meant was that just about my own escapades that night we had a bunch of wedding crashers and try to hit on the brights maid and so i took it upon myself to be protector of the bridesmaids and i just stayed up all night trying to chaperone them i'm not sure they appreciated that i'd like to think maybe one day they will but i actually wrote this for one of the bridesmaids that i bonded with so if you see this ash this was for you it's called star gazing study of the liner notes of every record and where the grooves out of every record i could get my hands aren't which unfortunately my dad were usually his but i didn't realize at the time that that was not normal though so i can remember just going to kindergarten i remember just actually giving one of my female classmates jillian a hard time about that and i brought her in a mix tape the next day burt bacharach songs i can't imagine what she thought of that she had that i was even to that music that far back and so i believe we actually have a home video of myself at three years old seen the song into the mallets of my fisher price to a xylophone so i'm still seeing it all these years later so this is famous you should recognize  campaign provide definitely doing a song and my plan was that i was actually going to send the video off to one of my favorite singers who i actually wrote the song specifically for just because you never know if he would want to do it and i was originally supposed to play here back in november and i was out of town so i had to reschedule for this month and wouldn't you know it's two weeks ago that singer passed away so this is a song i had met for alger oh so i want to hear him seen it but if he's up there and he can hear this i hope he gets a kick out of this brazilian bossanova master antonio carlos jobim displaying meticulously developed arrangements frame emphasizes her mana content of each piece he performs the result of his studies with the legendary acoustic jazz guitar charlie byrd and jean burton proton seanie his original pieces meld the influences of his various musical interests brazilian classical gypsy jazz and the great american  songbook so he's got his web site which is framework jazz dot com and you can also see him on facebook at facebook dot com slash frame j r so as you're getting set up here i'm sure tom is going to do a little bit of sound checking with you here princeton tonight right yes awesome we get such a variety of music this evening which is very very wonderful and we are in for a treat i mean just a beautiful variety that we're getting this evening is just awesome so i do my little pika survey here how many people have gone out to the cap improv web site they even know campaign province a couple people right if you have not been out to our web site we do have it up and definitely we try to have the show posted about a week or the thank you thank you very much and one of the reasons i'm such a fan of the music of g o p name is because of my admiration for the great american guitarist charlie  byrd who introduced the music of the show beamed to the united states in the mid early early early to mid sixty's and so i'd like to play want to charlie's tunes next this is a tune that he wrote for the great belgian gypsy guitarist django reinhardt yeah this is called swing fifty nine by charlie  it's a cool tune anyway i think and it's called  thank you thanks the great django reinhardt next to the like to do is a one of my own tunes and as i said charlie bird it was a significant influence on my musical education to play one of my own tunes and sort of a an omagh jj to what charlie bird and it's a my attempt at a musical representation of a trip that i made years ago to baltimore maryland to see charlie play in a wonderful concert and on the way home my car broke down so it was from the highs of the low and so this is sort of a as i said a musical representation of that trip i call it lovingly take you on a personal tour of her selected work words and tour of the gallery of political commentary the gallery of love the gallery of celebration of life share her words and her voice with a very special cafe improv audience is a joy for sandy and she is hoping you will feel the same way so sandy come on down here sandy has been a delight to i think it was just the first time you up it was kind of a surprise it was like a last minute sort of thing and we've just had you back it is sandy and jill bees as well we have a bit a surprise for you a little music to go with poetry  i'm just going to put this like when i knew someone who wrote so there he well she got her point across oh with the stories her words to tell i don't want people saying that of me i need to share my poetry public i'm proud my voice speaking out loud making my point making my view not just to a few but to a crowd i open my heart i open my hands hoping my word spread to many lands making a difference making my words count like those centuries ago spoken from the mount yes i speak of the important ten so if not now when so welcome everybody welcome to our poets gallery the reason i called this evening a poet's gallery is because i do believe poetry is art and i do believe it should be hung in a gallery just as art is hung on the wall it's to me really something special so that's what i came up with taking a tour and i hope you can use your imagination we'll be taking a tour of the gallery a poet's gallery three different galleries the gallery of political commentary the gallery of love and the gallery of the celebration of life can be fun this poem is called i scream i s c r e m a m exclamation mark i scream we starting out fun the trash can and at the very tip of the cone bernese yearning and if you didn't know these are all ice cream to do something fun  i written august second two thousand and sixteen when you were given the privilege of a voice you must make a choice to speak carefully and with respect and  intellect think to choose wisely choose to think wisely for your words have enormous powers that are showered on young and old remember words both hurt and heal people feel people's actions reflect their reactions to words spoken if surrounded by hate a mind broken will take those words and for sake those words and without hesitation cause devastation so be careful and mindful that the responsibility lies with you your thoughts and your words are the very foundation of your voice remember you do have a choice people are listening you now i was not going to read this next one i was it's i love it but i thought i had to edit a bit but because of what has been happening in the news i have to have to read this i think you'll when you hear the title you know why it's i wrote it november second just before the election two thousand and sixteen the media truth be told i am so sad and angered by the aggression towards you the media the insults and the hatred some groups are hurling is absolutely appalling fueled in condoned by someone who sees himself governing from a throne well there's an old saying no matter how high the throne there sits but an ass our freedoms depend on knowledge and truth you the media can never be silenced and when anyone especially a presidential candidate and now dare i say president bars you from their view know this you are not alone all who believe in a free world stand with you and for you freedom depends on a proud and loud media voice the media our eye to the world at home and abroad like a fly on the wall seeing it all then telling the story through intelligent balanced reporting and discussion no matter the repercussions you the media so bravely act as one of our most important links to freedom to be our eyes and ears in places we aren't able to or would never go but through your brave reporting we now know good or bad happy or sad truth always be told by you the media state ever allowed stay ever bowled thank you now this was written nov ninth obviously had great inspiration two thousand and sixteen tears that's the title tears exclamation  now that i have cried all day i have something to say america you spoke but not for me i still believe in a land of the free democracy and liberty the tears i shed or the fear of being  or for the fear of being led by an individual who is unfit to sit honorably in the chair the stink is so great please open a window the world needs some fresh air the country has been sucker punched might as well put up a sign out to lunch today prejudice and hate were served up on a plate and as we eat every bite choking on anger and fear for the next four years i can't stop the tears for white house sadly soon to become a house of exclusion not inclusion could not be more appropriately named as everyone who enters will now take the walk of shame shame for the racist prejudiced person and team elected shame for the bigot and bully selected shame for the freedoms that will now go unprotected shame for the golden throne that will undoubtedly be erected i feel like the world has been turned upside down and the american people have ignorantly delivered a crown but just remember once again no matter how high the throne there sits ass our country has officially stepped backwards in time this in itself is a pitiful crime our only hope is that intelligent minds prevail and watch over the freedom ship aka the u constitution as it continues to sail from port to port tall and strong against all the storms against every wrong ringing its bell as it enters each port and town so listen closely for the sounds meet it read it with open hearts and open arms let it ring loud and proud the bell of freedom liberty and justice for  thank you this one is very important it's a little longer so bear with me but it's as important written after the election november seventeenth two thousand and sixteen global warming exclamation mark this poet's heart and head ache november eighth was a big mistake the lines of life have been blurred from what just occurred our sight has been lost at an enormous cost we will have to somehow get through the next four years every day facing and fighting our worst fears waiting for twenty twenty to arrive immediately correcting our vision and decisions we will survive this is twilight zone territory it's dangerous and osho scary whether in our lifetime have the words k k k nazi party and president of the united states been voiced in one breath this can only mean certain death my pen shakes as i put these words to the page my body filled with worry and sadness for this madness and yes warning warning warning red flags are flying high everywhere country beware do not give him the benefit of the doubt time and time again he has showed his open hand prejudice bigotry bullying ignorance hate a five card straight flush all things designed to crush life as well you know it going back in time giving normalcy and credibility to so many crimes against humanity is insanity we have come so far in reaching out and so once again i loudly shout do not give him the benefit of the doubt a leopard does not change its spots would you put your hand out to a venomous snake no he is a fool and they fake of the most dangerous kind he believes his own twisted mind and as across this fine land he slithers spreading this poison all hope just withers he will rake this country over the coals and for sake all your souls i dont understand the mood of the land that put into power someone who builds walls and towers and takes a racist stand questions for those who selected and elected him how did you ignore all this are you really that angry m pissed is life really so hellish that you have become this selfish why such small minded thoughts of all that is missing your life in your life and not yours allowing the hate to flow from your pores why do you consider yourselves  forgotten ones why can your voice only sing one note and your eyes only see me me me me well my friends you have been sold a bill of goods by a con man who proudly wears a white hood you see it really doesn't work that way with a selfish frame of mind you lose before you begin so how to truly win a wise respected person once said not long ago ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country all things if speed leave in giving we receive the greatest gift of all and if we give and look out for each other everyone should be taken care of when we feed each other everyone eats so simple so true when we lend a helping hand and stand together for common good we stand tall or we are stronger we are show much better this is the mountain we have been conquering all these years but in criticizing and denying basic human rights we fall from the highest of high it's bottom line and literally in a nutshell he has satisfied you with empty promises and just three wishes well on second thought i'll take those three wishes not my president not now not ever thank you now and because of time i have another problem called allusion but i'll just give you the title because i really don't have the time to read it but illusion and conclude is he the show is he the main attraction or is he the destruction conclusion confusion is the illusion and then i finish it well trump well trump university operate so perverse we must end the curse unprecedented and i'm president it and then i end it by saying hey tramp in language you'll are the pieces there are things to take home with you downstairs as well so please yes take it home and share it share a charity share it it's one of my most important pieces i do believe taking a stand with the lady and i had read it here once before it's because a piece i witnessed not that i knew anyone but i witnessed some bigotry happening in front of me and this is what came out of it the very next day taking a stand with the lady written september twenty sixth two thousand and sixteen lady liberty stands tall lit torch in hand welcoming all from every land america's porch light a symbol for all that's good and right warmly guiding the way for those to stay the doors open no need for a king offering a land a home to be free sadly there are some whose hearts and minds are closed and opposed to our mission blinded by fear of those who are different unable to see the human condition thankfully the universe is diverse both of thought and deed and so for many who are in need lady liberty stand strong against all the wrongs yes we must be careful to protect all that is dear but locking the door and giving in to fear is not the path to follow this can only leave america empty and hollow we are rich and enriched by the freedoms we share and so we must care when we have we must give a safe home to thrive and live showing our grace america the beautiful your home your place and one more i will do in political commentary then we'll go into the gallery of love this is a way from pretty much the election and politics and all that this is about it something that happened in nigeria i don't know if any of you are aware of sure you are though that schoolgirls were taken from their school from their beds in their school and some have come back some have not anyway i do know they are working on it but i just feel not enough and i think of them every day it's called precious black pearls written in july of two thousand and sixteen hey world in case you haven't heard a theft has occurred from where it's completely absurd who took the schoolgirls our precious black pearls ripped away from their lives to become against their will slaves and wives where did they go someone has to know the world has turned its back and turned around ignoring the crying sounds our precious black pearls our precious black pearls did not just disappear they left behind stench of terror and fear what does the sensible responsible world doing to find our precious black pearls why are we not actively pursuing those who broke world rules taking on for say king our precious black pearl school a place to become more than not a place to be overrun because you can to those who did this even with guns you are cowards only then displaying your powers you savagely took what was not yours to seven d and more precious black pearls yes some have come home because they escaped but not before they were pillaged and raped to you i say the bell of humanity ring open your hearts let freedom sing it's never too late to do the right thing let them go it's time the world awaits don't hesitate allow their families to carefully and lovingly restring their precious black pearls up and firmly in place cold and sad and very strong my heart was warm for a while when that wall was not quite so high or quite so strong the wall was rebuilt last night i said if you're just passing through than just passed me by you said better to have lost love than never to have loved at all i said to myself winning is everything put away put away this is sweet by the way but a way is my love for you no more is my love for you let us each start anew you go your way  should we meet the love we once put away we'll have ripened oh so heart feels cold like a rose wilted and dry i cry why lie time will tell how far we fell the damage is done i'm burnt by the sun crushed and broken from words spoken why lie i give my love to you honest and true where do we go from here joy or tears please don't make me cry don't lie the only lying i want to do is next to you so warm my heart that's a start little by little only you can whittle away this cold cold heart and that all right this is beautiful well and i love beautifully it's called the wedding that and i wasn't married at the time when i wrote this i wrote this just thinking about love thinking about what marriage is the wedding darling take my hand and follow me to our long awaited destiny i am yours to have and to hold forever my love young and old with our love total together we will weather every storm we me with our lives strong and wild always wild we will make our child our daughters our sun us with our love built on respect and pride we will stay by each other side with our love honest and sincere our path to happiness will always be clear so darling take my hand and follow me to our long awaited destiny now let's go into the gallery of the celebration of life and thank you thank you joe thank you this is called thank you heartfelt thoughts on the day after family we come together to celebrate each other from all corners we gather to those who matter we hug we kiss those we miss the days gone by just fly away leaving miraculously only today with so much to say our gift to each other is one another here still vibrant so grateful hearing of joys to come the love filling our hearts as if warmed by the sun so special are we to let each of us be like limbs of a solid oak tree growing out growing strong but still coming home to where we belong always and forever appreciating celebrating life and family there is just two more poems to do just just to let two quick ones this this one because of a celebration of life many times many times it takes something very sad to make you realize how important life really is so although this is a bit sad if one person who is in a dark place after hearing this or reading this gets it and gets to turn a page or turn on the light then it would be worth reading this this was written january term if twenty third two thousand and seventeen just recently it's called now and then there are rainbows these past many years you could never see that every road has a bend and sometimes now and then rainbows appear simple on daylight squashing all fear although you could see your sight was so blind always hiding behind the wall she reacted like a fortress but so unprotected allowing the bitterness to enter destroying all kindness and hope so lowly but surely you pulled on life's rope tighter and tighter no more fire giving up giving out oh how i tried to shout as loud as i could always going the extra mile just to make you smile but time and time again going on blind eyes and deaf ears over these last years and in the end you chose to blow out your candles for good this is painful and not understood so much joy to be had that most would treasure no good reason to be sad and not allow your heart to feel pleasure yes i'm mad that you gave up and gave out achieving your goal so sadly releasing your soul and able to see the many bins in the road and able to feel the delight of the rainbow thank you and now i have more but to the last one which is a gift to you because anytime i feel down or bad i just read this and it kind of makes me feel great and i hope you feel great after i read it it's called i wrote it in the afternoon august two thousand and sixteen i've come to my senses thankfully i see the trees swaying i feel like praying the natural beauty that surrounds me just astounds me i give thanks for all the hues always my muse from the blue of the sky to the green of the grass and trees such beauty brings me to my knees the sweet songs of the birds i listen and hang on every word and above all the fresh smell of the never ending ocean always in motion freely offering its deep blue waters cooling my skin then in perfect harmony the warmth of the sun till day is done my senses are full my spirit soars high with a peace one cannot buy it's good to just stop now and then to appreciate nothing and everything and so i pick up my p sandra joined by joe probably on the fourth saturday every month mary on down and we're going to talk about pretty darn alrighty i would be glad to talk about freddy bourne he returns to us after a two year absence the b m i musician took a break after his first album only human to create honest and raw songs ready return to the music scene at maxwells in hoboken and was featured in the latest noise shows and new york city showcases and is beginning his  a concept album i just put out so the last time i was here it was two years ago bill my friend bill was here with me and we did some pretty emotional songs and i decided after that show i wasn't doing on this music that i wanted to do i realize all the music i was doing was complete crap so i'm dead serious that was i was trying to be something that i wasn't and i retreated back to kind of giving a lot of alone time and actually being vulnerable and being transparent in my music because i think that's what music is about and i new music is about doing what is best for you not about pleasing other people and that was something that i needed to realize in my own self and then i decide to do the songs kind of alone reflect on a grief period in my life or a loss t people in my life my grandmother my mother so this is really been a great time and people been able to relate to it so i'm going to straight through the album if you feel like you want to applaud by all means do but i'm just going straight through we're going to struck through twenty minutes worth of material i need to give you the warning for that though but feel free to a point any time during its this is i wrote these songs with heavy vibes and a piano i hope you enjoy it me oh my gosh that was that was fantastic i had those songs are written over the last two years is that what you said yeah this is actually the last time i performed here two years ago i actually stopped performing for a year and a half and then went back