Album Reviews
JGT Album Review: Mike Moss ‘Just In Time’

Guest JGT contributor Ryan Thorell reviews the latest from Mike Moss, a jazz guitarist in Birmingham Alabama.
Strong second solo offering by a superb technician. Mike Moss is a known heavyweight in the Birmingham Alabama jazz scene and in the high-end guitar world where he has been a well-received performer for at least a decade that I am aware of. Moss swings his way through a healthy offering of an equal mix of originals and new arrangements of a well-chosen breadth of standards.
He opens the album with an on the beat driving original Amblin, recorded acoustically on a gorgeous Bill Collings Seventeen-inch archtop.
I absolutely loved the quality of the recording and the voyage through the sonic cadre of world-class guitars I found mesmerizing and captivating enough to keep this album in a constant rotation in a lot of different settings. It really is a great listen. However the greatest outstanding merit is Moss’s prowess as a songwriter, Moss shows effortless crafting of clean and well stated impactful melodies. . It goes hand in hand throughout the album with strongly and graciously presented material and swinging improvisation. The eighth track sees Moss on one of my all-time favorite guitars, a John Buscarino Virtuoso, on a splendid arrangement of one of my favorite songs ‘You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To’. This was such a treat for me. I have been in love with this song since Andy
The ease and freshness with which Moss crafts the narrative of this album, I find to be a delight and a refreshing listen. If you forgot that jazz guitar is something that can be just plain fun, this album is for you.
JGT thanks Ryan!
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