T Oyelola
Black Grape Productions Limited
Email:
management@yolandabrown.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)7931 131 372 or +44 (0)7944 758 438
Web: www.yolandabrown.co.uk
PICTURES OF YOLANDA BROWN LIVE IN CONCERT ON DECEMBER 8TH 2007 AT CADOGAN HALL IN SLOANE SQUARE LONDON
Influences
Dad (Islavuelta & early saturday morning track reviews - lol!), Mum ("I love this track... can you play it?!?"), Monty Alexander, Michel Camillo, Kenny Garrett, Kirk Whalum, Musiq SoulChild, Luther Vandross, Charlie Hunter, Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Mike Philips, Courtney Pine, Andre 'SaxMan' Brown, Grover Washington Jr., Candy Dulfer, Fela Kuti, The Temptations, Donnie McClurkin, Kirk Franklin, Habana Son Club, Dean Fraser, Soweto Kinch, Ibo Cooper, T, E.DD.IE.
Sounds Like
...take a jug of Jazz, two teaspoons of Soul and a twist of RnB,... then add a cup full of Gospel, a sprinkle of Reggae and a pinch of Latin... served with Raw Emotion... -- There you have the YolanDa Brown sound...
About VOTE YolanDa Brown 4 MOBO & UMA - Best Jazz Awards
Click below to Purchase YolanDa Brown's Debut EP "Finding My Voice" Click below to Purchase the DVD from YolanDa Brown's Debut Concert at the Mermaid Theatre London
Saxophonist YolanDa Brown is considered by many to be one of a kind.
To hear YolanDa play music is to know her…
From very early musical beginnings she has come to make the Tenor and Soprano Saxophones her very own.
YolanDa Brown expresses her innermost feelings through her music and in so doing, never fails to rise to the next level with each performance. A belief in the open truth of music has seen her develop a wide genre vocabulary and songbook, backed by an undeniably awesome performance talent.
YolanDa is as comfortable re-interpreting a current chart-topper, as she is reprising a Jazz standard or launching into an original composition. Always in evidence is her raw emotion which as become synonymous with the YolanDa Brown sound.
Born and raised in London, YolanDa Brown has grown up surrounded by an eclectic mix of music, the influences of which can be heard in every breath she plays and in every note she writes.
She references Jazz, Afro-Jazz, Gospel, Reggae, Salsa, Hip-hop, R&B, with consummate ease, even going back to Mento throughout her performances, but her style and phrasing always remains her own.
With such a musically diverse DNA to her soul, is it any wonder that YolanDa Brown touches so many people through the voice of her music!
In conjunction with her music, YolanDa Brown has completed a Masters in Management Science, as well as a Masters in Social Research Methods and is currently studying for her PhD at the University of Kent. She also fronted a TV talk show on a Sky Channel.
YolanDa Brown has performed in numerous venues including: Jazz Café, Café de Paris, St. Martin in- the- Fields, Smollensky’s on the Strand, Mermaid Theatre, Cargo, The Broadway Theatre and Hackney Empire.
A worldwide performer, she has also played for the High Commission in Jamaica, Jazz venues in Miami, the Frankfurt Auto Show, the Rotterdam Carnival and the IslaVuelta festival in Spain, to name but a few.
The release of YolanDa Brown’s debut EP, entitled “Finding My Voice” and her sold out debut concert at the Mermaid Theatre London in July 2007, were both met with rave reviews from press and her ever growing fan base.
We now await with great anticipation the DVD release of that magical evening.
YolanDa Brown has worked with artists ranging from MOBO Awards Best Album Singer Terri Walker to Mercury Music Prize Saxophonist Soweto Kinch, Chicago Star Brenda Edwards, Jazz Calypso Legend Russ Henderson MBE and Queen of Lovers Rock Janet Kay to name a few...
In response to overwhelming popular demand, YolanDa Brown held her second solo concert on Saturday 8th December 2007, at the prestigious Cadogan Hall in Sloane Square, London. The show at a venue twice the capacity of her debut concert, was also sold out.
Many people have come to realise the uniqueness of the artist that is YolanDa Brown.
YolanDa Brown's main aim through her music is to "Make the Saxophone Her Voice..."
PRESS REVIEWS
“Bright young saxophone talent – sounding somewhere between Stan Getz and Courtney Pine (minus the showboating chops) –
Brown's music is an accessible mix of classic jazz tones with a twist of R&B and funk.
Something of an unusual 'crossover' star in the making (she's not a singer for starters)”
-- TIME OUT
“A name you are going to hear you are going to hear lots and tonnes and loads about in the not too distant future”
-- BBC London
“One to look out for in 2008”
-- Choice FM View YolanDa Brown's EPKPictures of YolanDa Brown Launching the Mazda 6 at the Frankfurt Auto ShowPictures of YolanDa Brown signing copies of her debut EP "Finding my Voice" at The Jerk CookoutPictures from YolanDa Brown Live in Concert 21st July 2007... at The Mermaid Theatre
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here's info about the event I host and organise called 'Blessed Souls UK' Open Mic/Showcase it's our 1st Year this week 10th of the 10th.. 10th Oct Friday 8. 30pm till 3am!
Great Vibes....
All Birthdays People, Musicians, Performers & Nice People are very welcomed
Confirmed Featured Artists on this session are:
Rythemz Poetess - Female Poet who is Opening the Show with the "Let the Poet's Go 1st Section! '
then.... Brooke Bailey - Female R&B Singer SOC, Soilders for Christ - Christian Rappers Jo Leon - Soul R&B male Singer Patrick - Male Rapper from Bahamas! Soulcyde - R&B Soul Funk duo Wanluv - Male Rapper from Ghana & anyone who signs up with Linda for the Open Mic... yeppppppieeeee plus Live Music from MAC Band, KMT djing & everyone wid Good vibes
hello my friends, this is the second time i use your profile to promote our new album. thanks for letting me do this ;-) all artist involved in this project, are myspace people like you and me. please help to support independent soul musiq. love & respect rob hardt
Hey Yolanda, How u doin sweetie? I pray ur well ;0) Just wantd 2 stop by say hi & CONGRATULATIONS on the MOBO nomination!!! Keep up the God work sis ;0) Much love, Maya x
Pat yourself on the back...you've become everything they said you couldn't be Yeah you've been down before...but who hasn't?...you've proven success It's crazy because sometimes success feels like poverty & materials no longer matter See when you're coming from the bottom, how you reach the top doesn't alway invovle using a ladder You were & are still that stepping stone...who can stop you now? You should be proud of yourself...Cuz you wouldn't be up...IF IT WASN'T FOR THE GROUND!!! MUCH LUV Forever, Yo Boy "Kamikaze"
Make sure u join us on Sunday the 5th of Oct for **UK SOUL JAM** @ The Jazz Cafe
UK Soul Jam captures the energy and musical talent from London's Contemporary Soul Scene. Bringing together Singers, Players, movers and shakers or just connoisseurs of Neo Soul, Nu Jazz, Credible HipHop and RnB, Brokenbeat, Bashment, Gospel and Soulful House scenes in London.
THIS MONTH: WE START @ 7pm til late....
Dont forget about the Open mic section
For £5 concs glist email names at least 24 hours before showtime to: soulloungeuk@hotmail.co.uk or hit us back on the myspace
I am back with a hot new single ft. PHAROAHE MONCH and a new Album.
Come join me for 1 NIGHT ONLY at the legendary JAZZ CAFE (London) on the 21st September with hot new artiste Brian Temba and support from Bassics. Please don't miss this awesome night of music and bring a friend.
Pictures of YolanDa Brown signing copies of her debut EP "Finding my Voice" at The Jerk Cookout
Pictures from YolanDa Brown Live in Concert 21st July 2007... at The Mermaid Theatre
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