New Hanover County Community Action, Inc.

Saxophonist Stanley Baird will perform at Heart Strings, Music for the Soul, our benefit concert to aid women at risk of heart attack and stroke. The concert is Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Stephen AME Church 501 Red Cross Street in Wilmington.

Baird, as an acclaimed musician, composer and entertainer, has not only become a household name in his home state of North Carolina but he has also achieved wide recognition as an educator at both the public and university level. Stanley has shared the concert stage with his mentor Donald Byrd, Najee, Alex Bugnon, Regina Belle, Richard Elliot, Brian McKnight, Kirk Whalum, Kim Waters, The O’Jays and the late George Howard. During his teaching tenure in St.Croix of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Stanley was able to quench his thirst for West Indian and Latin music. This influence is heard through his music. Stanley has had airplay on at least three hundred Quiet Storm and Urban radio programs and one soap opera The Guiding Light. He received reviews and articles in Bre, Billboard, and the Gavin Report. Throughout his career, Baird has covered every aspect of jazz, using his gift to create music with heart. Stanley created the STANLEY BAIRD YOUTH JAZZ FOUNDATION because he believes jazz can be kept alive through young rising instrumentalists and vocalists. Baird ‘s philosophy is “Listening to music is good for the soul and the mind…don’t do drugs, get your high on soothing, inspirational music.” The Stanley Baird Group’s involment in the Armed Forces Entertainment program has taken them on a journey around the world, touring such places as Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Kwajalein, The Marshall Islands,  Hawaii and Guam.

Discography

Don’t Make Me Wait – 1991 CD
Stop Look & Listen – 1995 CD
Cover II Cover – 1996 CD
You Will Know – 1998 CD
Stan’s Christmas  1999 CD
Traffic Jam – 2007 CD

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