Allana Goldsmith is a rare gem. The kind of artist one hears for the first time and is immediately captivated. To know her native language and skillfully blend it with modern pop/ jazz standards, plus creating her own original songs, is a path less travelled and not for the faint hearted.

At the age of 19 Allana was taken under the wing of some of the great jazz musicians of New Zealand. This is learning the old school way, not from a book or sitting in a classroom, but with mentors, handing down their wisdom and experience over a long period of time. Allana has been privileged to work with some of Aotearoa’s finest jazz musicians. Allana says, “These gentlemen were highly instrumental in furthering my jazz education.”

Allana is a New Zealand Maori / European, her iwi are Ngati Porou and Ngai Tai. She was born in Ruatoria, East Cape, and moved to Auckland when she was 6yrs old. She has recently started writing her own lyrics in Te Reo Māori to some Jazz standards and is also composing her own tunes.

Allana's latest project is to perform the music of the great Sarah Vaughan as a tribute to that artist's influence (see first video)

Ideal for: background music for wedding, corporate event, house party. The music is largely new arrangements of jazz standards some of which will be sung in Maori

Afro Blue
Ain't Misbehavin
All Blues
All of Me
All of Nothing At All
Alone Together
Almost like Being in Love
At Last
Autumn Leaves
Baby It's Cold Outside
Basin Street Blues
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Beautiful Love
Billies Bounce
Black Coffee
Blue Monk
Blue Moon
Blue Skies
Body & Soul
Brazil
Bye Bye Blackbird
Can't Help Lovin Dat Man
Caravan
Chattanooga
Cheek to Cheek
Cherokee
Christmas Song (Chestnuts)
Cloud Burst (Jon Hendricks)
Come Rain or Come Shine
Corovado / Quiet Nights
Cry Me a River
Dancin Cheek to Cheek
Dancing in the Dark
Dearly Beloved
Desafinado
Dolphin Dance
Don’t Get Around Much
Don't Know Why
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Driftin
East of the Sun
Embraceble You
Estate
Everything I Love
Fragile
Fever
Fields of Gold
Filthy McNasty
Fly Me to the Moon
Foot Prints
Four
Fredie Freeloader
Fried Pies
Gee Baby
Georgia
God Bless the Child
Golden Earrings
Good Bye Pork Pie Hat
Green Dolphin Street
Green Sleeves
Have Yourself a Very Merry
Honeysuckle Rose
How Insensitive
How High the Moon
How Long has this Been Going
I Can't Give You Anything
I Didn't Know What Time
I Fall in Love to Easily
I Hear a Rhapsody
I Keep Going Back to Joes
I love you Porgy
I never been in Love
I remember you
I thought about you
I Want to Talk About You
If you could see now
I'll be seeing you
I'll take romance
Impressions
In a Mellow Tone
In Walked Bud
Indian Summer
Invitation
Ipanema
Israel
It had to be You
I've got the World on a String
I've got you Under my Skin
Jeanine
Joy Spring
Just in time
Kicker
Lady be Good
Lady is a Tramp
Lazy Afternoon
Lil' Darling
Look of Love
Love for Sale
Love is here to Stay
Love Letters
Lover Man
Maiden Voyage
Makin Whoopee
Mamselle
Mean to Me
Mercy Mercy Mercy
Minority
Moanin
Moondance
Moon Glow
Moon River
Moonlight in Vermont
Mr PC
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valintine
My One and Only Love
My Romance
Naima
Nature Boy
Never let me go
NewYork New York
Nice Work if you Can get
Night & Day
Night has 1000 eyes
Night in Tunisia
No More Blues
Passion Dance
Penny's From Heaven
People get Ready
Perdido
Puttin on Ritz
Quite nights of quite stars
Recordme
Round Midnight
Route 66
S' Wonderful
Satin Doll
Secret Love
See See Rider
Sentinmental Journey
Seranata
Seven Steps
Shadow of your Smile
Shiny Stockings
Sky Lark
So What
Softly as in a Morning Rise
Song for my Father
Spanish Halem
St Thomas
Stairway to the Stars
St James Infirmary
Star Eyes
Stella by Starlight
Stolen Moments
Stompin at the Savoy
Stormy Weather
Straight, No Chaser
Street of Dreams
Sugar
Summertime
Sway
Sweet & Lovely
Sweet Georgia Brown
S'Wonderful
Take the A Train
Temptation
Tenderly
Tennessee Waltz
The Man I love
Them there Eyes
There is no Greater Love
Three Little Words
Time After Time
Tune Up
Undecided
Unit Seven
Walk on by
Well you needn't
What a difference a day makes
What a wonderful world
What will I do
When I look in eyes
Willow Weep For Me
With a Song in my Heart
Wrap your Troubles in Dreams
Yardbird Suite
You & the night
You Don't Know
You go to my head
You must believe in Spring
You, Your driving me crazy
You'd be so nice

Hi Pete,
Band was great, arrived in a timely manner and created a great atmosphere.
Regards,
Sarah Kingsford
Hengyi

 

Yes Allana and Mark were awesome! They provided an excellent performance AND they are wonderful people
Very happy =)
Rowena Shirtliff
Western Springs College School Ball
1920s themed

Hi Robyn
They were great and all who attend really enjoyed their music. For the occasion the selected playlist was perfect.
Cheers
Allan Smith
Executive Director
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