From: Gulb Marketing [gulbmarketing_at_kent_dot_ac_dot_uk]

Sent: 22 September 2015 15:47

Subject: YolanDa Brown returns to Gulbenkian with Reggae Love Songs

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YolanDa Brown

?Reggae Love Songs?

Sat 10 October, 7.30pm

Double MOBO Award Winning Saxophonist - and University of Kent graduate - YolanDa Brown brings some sunshine to Gulbenkian on Sat 10 October at 7.30pm, returning with a special set titled "Reggae Love Songs".

Following on from the success of her debut album ?April Showers May Flowers?, which reached no1 on the iTunes and Amazon Jazz charts, YolanDa will be performing her infectious blend of Reggae rhythms with supreme Jazz flavoured inflections and sensibilities.

Widely regarded as the Premier Female Saxophonist in the UK, Brown has toured in support of The Temptations, Errol Brown, Courtney Pine and Diana Krall, as well as collaborating with Mica Paris, Omar, Soweto Kinch and Jools Holland?s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, as well as performing around the world in her own right too! Touching on Jazz, Soul and Reggae, her music is a wonderful mix of genres, not to be missed.

YolanDa Brown will be at Gulbenkian on Sat 10 Oct at 7.30pm and tickets are ?12 (Concessions ?10). For more information and tickets please visit www.thegulbenkian.co.uk or call 01227 769075.

ENDS.

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