Maurice Englishman

MAURICE “ENGLISHMAN” HUGHES (MUSICIAN / PRODUCER / EMCEE / ENTERTAINMENT MANAGER)MAURICE HUGHES OR MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS "ENGLISHMAN" WAS BORN IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND JULY, 1975. AT THE AGE OF 10 HE MOVED TO JAMAICA TO LIVE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS MUSICAL AND ACADEMIC STUDIES, HE ATTENDED THE ACLAIMED JAMAICA SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ALSO RECIEVED PRIVATE TUTORING FROM RENOUND JAMAICAN TUTORS AND TEACHERS...BY THE TIME HE WAS 13, ENGLISH WAS NOT ONLY PLAYING WITH LOCAL GOSPEL AND REGGAE GROUPS, BUT ALSO BEING CALLED TO RECORD KEYBOARD PARTS IN VARIOUS RECORDING STUDIOS IN KINGSTON... THERE, HE OBSERVED CLOSELY HOW MUSIC PRODUCTION WAS DONE... HE HAS WORKED IN THE STUDIO WITH SUCH PEOPLE AS SLY DUNBAR (WORLD RENOUND DRUMMER & PRODUCER, HANDEL TUCKER (THE FUGEES, MAXI PRIEST, DIANA KING)... ONSTAGE HE HAS PLAYED KEYBOARDS FOR GREGORY ISAACS, APPLE GABRIEL FROM ISRAEL VIBRATION LADY SAW, BUJUBANTON, WAYNE WONDER, SANCHEZ, WORL' A GIRL, COCOA TEA, SILVER FOX, EDI FITZROY, BENJI MYAZ, PAPA SAN, HOME T, CHEVELLE FRANKLIN, BRIAN & TONY GOLD, ED ROBINSON, IVO WISER TO NAME A FEW...IN 1993 AFTER WORKING THE MONTEGO BAY HOTEL CIRCUIT , HE WAS CALLED TO WORK IN CANCUN, MEXICO WHERE HE HAS MADE HIS HOME FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS... IN MEXICO HE HAS WORKED WITH ROBERTO AND TONY BANANA, VOLCANO, BOSQUIMANO, SPLASH, GARIBALDI, TONY FLORES, MERENGLASS, JAMEX, LA FLOTA, VOLCANO, MARK SHINE, RIK MALIK & ONE NATION...RECENTLY HE HAS TOURED NACIONALLY WITH NATTY CONGO RECORDS (GONDWANA, JAH FABIO, FIDEL NADAL, AMILCAR NADAL I-JAH BONES AND LUMUMBA) AND ALSO AS BACKUP SINGER FOR THE WORLD RENOUND SOUL GROUP “THE PLATTERS”... ALTHOUGH MORE KNOWN IN THE REGGAE FIELD, ENGLISH HAS PERFORMED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS CANCUN JAZZ FESTIVAL, AND IS PART OF A "THE WATERMELON BOYS" CARIBBEAN JAZZ GROUP... IN 2005, HE FORMED A SMALL INDEPENDANT MUSIC PRODUCTION COMPANY CALLED "CARIBCUN MUSIC", WHERE HE PRODUCES AND ARRANGES MUSIC FOR CANCUN'S LOCAL ARTISTS AND RADIO....HIS FIRST ALBUM, WILL BE A MIX OF REGGAE AND R&B, AND SHOULD BE READY BY THE END OF 2008........................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .........MAURICE “ENGLISHMAN” HUGHES (MUSICO / PRODUCTOR / MAESTRO DE CEREMONIAS / DIRECTOR DE ENTRETENIMIENTO)MAURICE HUGHES O MEJOR CONOCIDO COMO "ENGLISHMAN", NACIO EN MANCHESTER, INGLATERRA EN JULIO 1975...A LOS 10 AÑOS, VIAJO A JAMAICA A VIVIR CON CON SU ABUELA, DONDE CONTINUO SUS ESTUDIOS....MAURICE ESTUDIO EN EL CONSERVATORIO DE LA MUSICA DE JAMAICA Y TAMBIEN ESTUDIO CON VARIOS MAESTROS PARTICULARES....A LOS 13 AÑOS YA ERA UN TECLADISTA CONOCIDO, TRABAJANDO CON BANDAS LOCALES PERO TAMBIEN GRABANDO PARTES DE TECLADO EN LOS ESTUDIOS DE GRABCION EN KINGSTON DONDE OBSERVANDO DE CERCA, APRENDIO COMO HACIAN LOS PRODUCCIONES....ENGLISH HA TRABAJADO EN SESSIONES JUNTO CON SLY DUNBAR (BATERISTA Y PRODUCTOR CONOCIDO MUNDIALMENTE) Y HANDEL TUCKER (PRODUCTOR DE LOS FUGEES Y MAXI PRIEST) ENTRE OTROS....TAMBIEN HA ACOMPAÑADO A ARTISTAS COMO GREGORY ISAACS, LADY SAW, BUJU BANTON, BEENIE MAN, APPLE GABRIEL DE ISRAEL VIBRATION WAYNE WONDER, SANCHEZ, WORL' A GIRL, COCOA TEA, SILVER FOX, NINJA MAN, JUNIOR TUCKER, EDI FITZROY, BENJI MYAZ, PAPA SAN, HOME T, CHEVELLE FRANKLIN, BRIAN & TONY GOLD ENTRE OTROS......EN 1993, DESPUES DE UNA TEMPORADA EN LOS HOTELES DE MONTEGO BAY, FUE LLAMADO PARA TRABAJAR EN CANCUN, MEXICO DONDE HA SIDO SU HOGAR DESDE HACE 15 AÑOS....EN MEXICO, ENGLISH HA TOCADO CON ROBERTO Y TONY BANANA, VOLCANO, BOSQUIMANO, SPLASH, GARIBALDI, THALIA, PEPE AREVALO, MANUEL MIJARES, TONY FLORES, MERENGLASS, JAMEX, LA FLOTA, VOLCANO, MARK SHINE, RIK MALIK & ONE NATION......COMPARTIENDO ESCENARIO CON GRANDES FIGURAS DE REGGAE COMO MIKEY DREAD I & I, ANTIDOPING, GANJA, AFRO BROTHERS, DR. MYAL, LA YAGA, LOS YERBEROS, LOS RASTRILLOS, MIKEY DREAD, MARINO Y GUANABANA, RAS MICHAEL, QUINTO SOL, DESDE HACE 1 AÑO, TRABAJA COMO TECLADISTA Y DIRECTOR MUSICAL CON "NATTY CONGO RECORDS" (GONDWANA, JAH FABIO, I-JAH BONES, FIDEL NADAL, AMILCAR NADAL Y LUMUMBA EN SUS GIRAS).....APARTE HA SIDO CORISTA DEL FAMOSO GRUPO “LOS PLATTERS”, AUNQUE MAS CONOCIDO EN EL GENERO DE REGGAE, ENGLISHMAN TAMBIEN HA PARTICIPADO EN VARIOS FESTIVALES DE JAZZ Y HA TOCADO CON VARIOS GRUPOS DE CASI TODOS LOS GENEROS.....EN 2005, FORMO "CARIBCUN MUSIC", DONDE HACE AREGLOS Y PRODUCCIONES MUSICALES CON ARTISTAS Y ESTACIONES DE RADIO LOCALES DE CANCUN......SU PRIMER DISCO, UNA FUSION DE REGGAE Y R&B /SOUL ESTARA LISTO PARA MEDIADOS DEL 2009.