Yolanda Brown - Live

Frankly, it isn't easy, because by simply stating all that YolanDa Brown has achieved over these past few years in music - and she has done so entirely under her own steam - it really is difficult not to wander into the path of hyperbole.

So let us start by asserting that YolanDa Brown is a one-off, very much a woman of her time, and one of the precious few truly independent artists whose DIY ethic hasn't hindered the progress of her career but instead has laid the kind of foundations that could endure for decades.

As much entrepreneur as she is musician, as much gifted singer-songwriter as she is the UK's premier saxophonist, this is a young lady with an entrepreneurial bent who, has made a considerable mainstream splash, with her name in lights at last.

Playing live as much as she could over the years, she quickly gained a reputation for herself - to the extent that, in 2008, she won a MOBO for Best Jazz, and then again in 2009. She played sax with everyone from Alexander O'Neal to Mica Paris, Soweto Kinch to The Temptations, and released two lovingly crafted EPs. She began increasingly to tour further afield - in the US, in Italy and Spain - and for 18 months even hosted her own talk show on Sky.

Though YolanDa has been courted by several major record labels over the years - and continues to be happy to meet with any label that shows both interest and initiative - she is in many ways perfectly positioned to remain entirely self-sufficient. Perhaps it is her business studies background, perhaps her tireless workrate and self-motivation, but in an era where those who do exist independently can struggle, she continues to somehow take giant steps.

Her "Reggae Love Songs" wowed audiences across the country, from London and Cardiff to Manchester and Glasgow, the Reggae Love Songs tour was an infectious journey of Reggae rhythms from the Caribbean, peppered with supreme Jazz flavoured inflections and sensibilities.

Catch the UK's premier Saxophonist Live Now!