Very cool glasses for very cool people! It's been almost 10 years since our last martini glasses went on sale. These commemorative 15th Anniversary glasses will be a collector's item soon. A limited number have been manufactured and the first delivery will be for anyone purchasing VIP tickets to our 15th Anniversary Party, Monday, September 27th at Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood. Buy a VIP ticket and you'll sit in an upfront seat for the show and you'll be sipping martinis (or the drink of your choice) from one of these commemorative, limited availability 15th Anniversary martini glasses. Shaken or stirred, you'll be drinking in style. Click here to get your tickets (and glass) now!

Monday, September 27th, Catalina Jazz Club, Hollywood

Billy Vera, Tierney Sutton, Calabria Foti, James Torme', Gina Eckstine, Rick Braun, Don Most and our singing bandleader for the night, Dave Damiani with the No Vacancy Orchestra. Tickets available at CatalinaJazzClub.com or click here. Net proceeds go to the Save Catalina Jazz Club GoFundMe campaign. For almost 18 months, Catalina and her staff stuggled to pay the rent, other bills that had to be paid despite the fact that they couldn't serve dinner and drinks or do shows. So many times Catalina, Manny and the whole Catalina crew has helped us keep the music playing. Now it's our turn to help Catalina keep live music alive in Hollywood!

Occasionally we're surprised when someone says "I've been listening to MITM for 13 years," as was the case when Michael and Ashley Knudsen wrote from Savannah, GA recently. Unless we get requests, check-ins or some other interaction, we really don't have any way of knowing who's listening or how much or for how long. But for this 15th Anniversary celebration, you have a chance to let everyone know how long you've part of the Martini in the Morning music loving family across the US and around the world.

Use the "voice recorder," or "voice memo" app on your smartphone or tablet to record an anniversary message, around 30-seconds long, saying happy anniversary to Martini in the Morning. Something like "Happy 15th Anniversary to Martini in the Morning! I'm (your name) and I've been listening for (how many?) years in (city/state/country)! Feel free to personalize, customize, and add any comments you'd like. You and everyone listening during our anniversary month will hear these greetings as we celebrate. On most apps, there is a "share" option which will allow you to email the recording. Send your recording to listen@martiniinthemorning.com and be part of the on-air celebration.

8:00 - 9:00 AM Pacific Time, Friday, September 10th, 2021

11:00 AM - Noon Eastern Time

4:00 - 5:00 PM UK Time

5:00 - 6:00 pm Central Europe Time

Meeting ID: 753 912 4301

Passcode: Martini

What an exciting time for everyone in our genre - our 15th anniversary on the Internet, more artists releasing more of "our" music, live music returning to the stage. In fact our friend and 'poster boy' for the renaisance of the Great American Songbook Steve Tyrell is back at Catalina Jazz Club tonight, Thursday, September 9th through Sunday, September 12th. You can bet he'll do some of the music from his soon to be released album "Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles." If you're in SoCal, go see Steve. It'll be a good warm up for our show September 27th! Click here for Steve Tyrell tickets.

Thanks again, and I hope you'll join us for our Zoom session tomorrow morning ... and hopefully in person at our September 27th party!

Cheers!