Bill Moss Jr.

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Bill Moss Jr. began playing the piano at age five. The world first took notice of Bill Jr’s talent during a live performance of his parents, Bill Moss and the Celestials. The late Bill Moss Sr. got up from the piano to entertain the audience, and noticed a resounding noise coming from the crowd. To his surprise, just barely able to reach the keys, Bill Jr. was standing up playing the piano,. It stunned the audience and reassured both his parents that the generational blessing that was on the Moss family had manifested itself once again.A native of Detroit, Michigan, Bill obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Marygrove College. Honing his talents under the tutelage of his aunt, the late Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, he expanded his gifts on the local and national levels. Bill served as National Chief Musician in the Church of God in Christ for five years. He has recorded professionally for top artists such as Hezekiah Walker, Kelly Price, Karen Clark-Sheard, and most recently Byron Cage and J Moss (his brother).As a Music Director, Bill has collaborated with Walter Hawkins, J Moss, Byron Cage, The Evereadys, Dorothy Norwood, Timothy Wright and T.J. Hemphill (Return of Mr. Scrooge). He has toured internationally with his cousin Dorinda Clark-Cole and with his parents Bill Sr. and Essie Moss of the legendary group Bill Moss and the Celestials. In 2005, he co-produced the astounding CD, ‘Christmas Joys’, recorded by the Christian Tabernacle Church’s Voices of Tabernacle Choir. In addition, in 2007, Bill produced, wrote and directed Anita Myles hit project “Are You Willing”, which is now nominated for the Independent Gospel Album of the Year. Bill also enjoys giving back to the community through offering private music lessons through his business, Moss Academy of Music.Bill has proven to be an asset to all who he works with in the music industry. Considering that the last 6 albums Bill has worked on have received 3 Grammy Nominations, 19 Stellar Nominations, 1 American Music Award Nomination & 5 Soul Train Music Award Nominations just to name a few. It appears that everything Bill Touches turn gold. With so much success behind the scenes it was no surprise to anyone when Bill announced that he was finally launching his own production company (BMJ Productions) with a debut album like none other to follow. Bill’s Debut album Manifested Favor was recorded live to a sold out audience at Christian Tabernacle Church on Aug 11, 2007.Bill released his Debut CD to a pack house at Seldom Blues Restaurant on March 24, 2008. Manifested Favor went national July 1, 2008 and Debut at 27 on the Billboard Charts.