YolanDa Brown born to Jamaican parents in Barking, London, England (4 October 1982) is a British jazz urban contemporary saxophonist and composer. A past student of Bancroft's School, Beal High School and the University of Kent, Kent Business School in Canterbury, England. Her Undergraduate Master's Dissertation was on "Combining SSM (Soft systems methodology) and DESM (Discrete event simulation) in an Athletics Club." She also fronted a TV talk show on a Sky Channel and appeared in inspirational idents for BET network.(Black Entertainment Television)

Yolanda Brown is the premier female saxophonist in the UK.

◾won the MOBO award for “Best Jazz” in 2008 and repeated the achievement in 2009 also for “Best Jazz”.

◾was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of East London in 2010.

◾graduated with a first class degree in Operations management from the University of Kent.

◾has 2 Masters and had been studying a PhD for four years at the University of Kent, before taking a hiatus from her thesis in January 2010 to pursue her music career

◾was invited to meet the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on the 9th May 2011 at Buckingham Palace.

◾has played to the President of Russia at the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg, as well as the Prime minister of Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica.

◾was listed in the Evening Standard as one of the top 30 black students in the UK selected by ex Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

◾is a Celebrity Ambassador for HRH The Prince of Wales and His Prince’s Trust Charity.

◾is endorsed by Yamaha and was appointed as the UK's class band ambassador in February 2011.Yamaha Class Band is a whole-class wind band teaching method, currently being piloted, until July 2012, in a collaboration between Yamaha UK and two of the UK's leading music services.

◾is also endorsed by Guess Jeans, MAC cosmetics and adidas to name a few.

◾will be re introducing herself as not just a saxophonist, but now also a singer and pianist too.

◾is a Patron of Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s MFYM fund

◾has recently been booked to play as part of Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra