Maurice Hines

Dancer, professional, choreographer, movie director, and vocalist Maurice Hines is a journeyman musician that has showcased his abilities in a number of settings, like the Broadway stage and film. From age five, Hines and his youthful brother, the past due Gregory Hines, performed being a dance duo starting displays for such legends as Lionel Hampton while others. Later, with their dad, the Hines danced on numerous tv shows, including several appearances within the Tonight Show. Through the past due ’70s, a business lead place as Nathan Detroit inside a touring organization of Men and Dolls garnered Hines focus on the Broadway stage in such musicals as Eubie! and Advanced Ladies. Ultimately, he caught the attention of movie director Francis Ford Coppola, who solid both Maurice and Gregory in his 1984 period gangster theatre, The Cotton Golf club. In 1986, Hines produced, choreographed, and starred in the musical Uptown…It’s Hot!, that he received a Tony Honor nomination for Greatest Actor inside a Musical. After that, Hines offers choreographed and aimed several productions aswell as music video clips. A notable vocalist in the jazz custom, Hines released his debut single album, I’ve By no means Been in Like Before, within the Arbors label in 2001 also to Nat Ruler Cole with Like in 2006.