In his second solo album, Good Vibes!!!, Mauri Sanchis is backed up by his live band as well as great stars like sax player Bill Evans, guitarists Dean Brown and Javier Vargas and organ player Joey DeFrancesco who plays a trumpet solo in the tune Beauty in the B, surrounded by the voices of organ personalities from 21 countries!!! The album has been described by Mark Vail (author of the book The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B) as “an awesome entrée of funky jazz and deep-fried soul replete with Mauri’s searing Hammond B-3 monster chops. Delectably tasty tracks ready for your consumption. An outstanding job!.” Enclosed within the album in enhanced cd format can be found the video “The Making of Good Vibes!!!” , a very interesting behind-the-scenes 17 min. documentary with footage taken all through the production process including recording from all artists and special interview with organist, composer and producer Mauri Sanchis. Hammond legend Dr. Lonnie Smith said "I'm very proud of Mauri, he has great promise to join the masters of the hammondB. His organ flows with soul and beauty. He will carry on the flavor of the organ masters.” And Dr. Lonnie Smith knows best, since after only 3 years of his debut album, Less is More, Mauri Sanchis has gained himself a place within the Hammond world, having received great compliments from public, media and colleague organists worldwide. Such great welcome led him to be signed by Hammond Europe as their first Spanish endorser ever and appointed Mauri to do the world’s premiere demo of the Hammond XK System at Frankfurt’s Musik Messe on April 2005. No wonder why Pete Fallico, executive director of the Jazz Organ Fellowship (USA) writes in the liner notes of Mauri’s new CD, Good Vibes!!! that "the Hammond organ is re-born at the hands of Mauri Sanchis”. In 2006, the prestigious German label BHM signs Mauri to join their amazing list of stars like Maceo Parker, Hiram Bullock, Joe Zawinul, Bill Evans, etc... . Please visit www.bhm-music.de BIOGRAPHY We also have genius' in Spain, there is no need to search for them abroad. Mauri Sanchis, a musician who masters the art of making the difficult simple, is one of them. Self-taught artist, practically exclussive, co-founded the band Progressions in 1994. He feels very comfortable within the Blues, handles r&B like no other, fleurts with Soul, expresses himself freely though funk and treats Jazz with great respect. Like that is how I see this Alcoian who, after touring California with Gary Hamilton or Jay Wood & the Blues Commandoes, and having joined the band of Graham Foster once back in Spain, made his debut withe magnificent Less is More in 2003 and received the acknowledgment and claim from the media. Thanks to his mastery at the Hammond, to his dexterity and knowledge of the instrument, this juggler of the keys was signed endorser by Hammond, the first one from Spain, an honour reserved to very few. His music, studied, clean and direct cannot be ignored. In fact, some of the greatest of the fussion like Pedro Ruy Blas, Javier Vargas, Dean Brown o Bill Evans did not doubt to collaborate with him whenever they had the chance. Dr. Lonnie Smith , a legend of the organ and a reference within the Hammond world said "Mauri has great promise to join the masters of the B3. His music flows with soul and beauty". He is not wrong, Smooth Jazz comes through his hands and compositions to a new dimension. His albums come true after years plenty of hard work, great ilussion, ups and downs, an almost sick persistence and, among all, full of the love and passion that Mauri Sanchis feels for music. His soul is white, his heart black, like his catchy and elaborate melodies. Time will place Mauri in the deserved place, I am totally sure. Edu Salas. Music Journalist