FESTIVAL IS SET FOR ANOTHER SLEW OF PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE METRO NEXT WEEK, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE TWO FLOORS BELOW US IN THE TWIN CITIES PBS STREET SPACE.

BUT TONIGHT WE HAVE A PREVIEW FOR YOU HERE IN STUDIO B. ERIC EDWALDS ON PIANO AND VOCALIST COURTNEY BURTON WILL BE MAKING THEIR JAZZ FEST DEBUT NEXT SATURDAY DOWN IN OUR STREET SPACE.

ALONG WITH THEM IS DAYNA MARTINEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TWIN CITIES JAZZ FEST.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THIS YEAR?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE WIN CITIES JAZZ FESTIVAL IS JUST A CELEBRATION OF ALL KINDS OF JAZZ MUSIC.

WE'VE GOT TWO OUTDOOR STAGES IN MERES PARK AND THEN OVER 20 VENUES ALL AROUND LOWERTOWN, DOWNTOWN AND BEYOND, INCLUDING OF COURSE THE STREET SPACE.

I CANNOT WAIT.

>> Mary: VERY EXCITING.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING HIS FOR MORE A QUARTER CENT RE, JAZZ FEST.

HOW HAS IT CHANGED, WHAT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?

>> WE HAVE NEW VENUES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.

ACTUALLY, SOME DOWN HERE IN LOWERTOWN, GAMBIT BREWING AND AN IT OPEN YOU KNOW RESTAURANT AND WE HAVE SOME?

MINNEAPOLIS, AS WELL, CROONER'S A SUPER LUB OUT IN FRIDLEY.

>> Mary: REALLY SPREAD, MORE THAN THE TWIN CITIES, IT'S KIND OMETRO JAZZ FEST NOW.

WHO DO YOU HAVE WITH YOU TODAY HERE?

>> WE'VE GOT COURTNEY BURTON AND HER PIANIST ERIC AND SHE'S GOING TO BE WITH HER BAND DOWN IN THE STREET SPACE ON SATURDAY, THE 22nd.

>> Mary: TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL PERFORM FOR US TODAY, COURTNEY.

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO PERFORM A LOVELY JAZZ BALANCE THAT HAD TITLED "CRAZY HE CALLS ME."

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

♪ I SAY I MOVE THE MOUNTAINS AND I'LL MOVE THE MOUNTAINS IF HE WANTS THEM OUT OF THE WAY ♪ CRAZY, HE CALLS ME.

♪ SURE, I'M CRAZY, CRAZY N LOVE I SAY ♪ ♪ SUN I'LL GO THROUGH FIRE AND I GO THROUGH FIRE IF HE WANTS IT, SO IT WILL BE ♪ ♪ CRAZY HE CALLS ME, SURE I'M CRAZY, CRAZY IN LOVE, YOU SEE ♪ ♪ LIKE THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BOW HE MOVES ME, HE MOVESLY WITH HIS SMILE ♪ IS BUT DIFFICULT, I'LL DO IT RIGHT NOW, THE IMPOSSIBLE MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE WHILE ♪ ♪ I SAID I'D LOVE FOREVER AND I MEAN FOREVER ♪ IF I HAVE TO HOLD UP THE SKY ♪ CRAZY, HE CALLS ME ♪ SURE, I'M CRAZY, CRAZY IN LOVE ♪ ♪ LIKE THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BOW ♪ HE MOVES ME, HE MOVES ME WITH HIS SMILE ♪ THE DIFFICULT I'LL DO RIGHT NOW ♪ BUT THE IMPOSSIBLE MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE WHILE ♪ ♪ I SAID I'LL LOVE FOREVER AND I MEAN FOREVER ♪ IF I HAVE TO HOLD, IF I HAVE TO HOLD UP THE SKY ♪ CRAZY HE CALLS ME, SURE, I'M CRAZY ♪ CRAZY IN LOVE ♪ CRAZY IN LOVE ♪ CRAZY IN LOVE AM I ♪♪♪