Ollestad performed "Canzoni Stonate" live with Andrea Bocelli at his "Amore Under the Desert Sky" Concert. The concert was recorded at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in December 2005.[8]
Ollestad has also released three albums of original music independently, respectively "Walk the Earth" 2004, "Across the Rubicon" 2009 and "Tollak live" 2016.[9][10]
Ollestad's harmonica is featured on Jacky Cheung's Zhǎo Duì Nǐ (Which Way, Robert Frost?)" from his "Private Corner" canto-jazz album. Ollestad was chosen from a selection of harmonica players presented to Cheng's producer by Roxanne Seeman and recorded his harmonica part for the project in The Netherlands.[11][12]
He moved to the Netherlands in 2004 where he currently resides and continues to perform, record and teach, as well as elsewhere in Europe, America and other venues worldwide.
Ollestad's research and work at the Academy for pop culture in the Netherlands led to his appearance at the TEDx conference in Groningen, the Netherlands in 2016. The talk is titled "Discovering the musical subconscious" and is a discourse, along with musical demonstration, on the need for increased awareness and focus on the "intuitive-subconscious" connection to learning, making and performing music. A connection he argues is as deeply interwoven into the human psyche as language.[13] In 2021, he joined the fourth season of The Voice Senior. He picked Gerard Joling as his coach, and eventually made it into the finals.
tollak, ollestad, american, harmonica, player, singer, keyboardist, songwriter, best, known, harmonica, feature, performance, northern, exposure, series, theme, recordings, artists, including, christopher, cross, jarreau, earth, wind, fire, natalie, cole, gino. Tollak Ollestad is an American harmonica player singer keyboardist and songwriter He is best known for his harmonica feature performance on the Northern Exposure tv series theme and on recordings by artists including Christopher Cross Al Jarreau Earth Wind and Fire Natalie Cole Gino Vannelli Dave Grusin and Billy Idol among others and his live performance with major touring artists 1 2 Tollak OllestadOllestad at TEDx Groningen 2016Background informationBornSeward Alaska United StatesOccupation s Instrumentalist singer songwriterInstrument s Harmonica keyboardWebsitetollak wbr com Tollak performing in the NetherlandsContents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life editTollak Ollestad was born in Seward Alaska and grew up in Seattle Washington 3 After starting out in the club scene in Seattle in his early twenties he moved to Los Angeles in 1984 Career editHe first became known as keyboardist singer touring with artists Ambrosia and Bobby Caldwell Around the same time he started gaining notoriety as a session harmonica player starting with being featured in the theme for the television series Northern Exposure and then a series of live credits with artists such as Don Henley Andrea Bocelli Chet Atkins and Kenny Loggins as well as features on several artist s albums including Al Jarreau Earth Wind and Fire Natalie Cole Gino Vannelli Christopher Cross Dave Grusin Don Grusin Billy Idol M83 and Brian McKnight 4 As a keyboardist vocalist he has additionally toured or performed live with other artists including Michael McDonald Kenny Loggins Sheena Easton Jewel Edgar Winter Al Stewart David Becker and Seal 5 6 7 Ollestad performed Canzoni Stonate live with Andrea Bocelli at his Amore Under the Desert Sky Concert The concert was recorded at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in December 2005 8 Ollestad has also released three albums of original music independently respectively Walk the Earth 2004 Across the Rubicon 2009 and Tollak live 2016 9 10 Ollestad s harmonica is featured on Jacky Cheung s Zhǎo Dui Nǐ Which Way Robert Frost from his Private Corner canto jazz album Ollestad was chosen from a selection of harmonica players presented to Cheng s producer by Roxanne Seeman and recorded his harmonica part for the project in The Netherlands 11 12 He moved to the Netherlands in 2004 where he currently resides and continues to perform record and teach as well as elsewhere in Europe America and other venues worldwide Ollestad s research and work at the Academy for pop culture in the Netherlands led to his appearance at the TEDx conference in Groningen the Netherlands in 2016 The talk is titled Discovering the musical subconscious and is a discourse along with musical demonstration on the need for increased awareness and focus on the intuitive subconscious connection to learning making and performing music A connection he argues is as deeply interwoven into the human psyche as language 13 In 2021 he joined the fourth season of The Voice Senior He picked Gerard Joling as his coach and eventually made it into the finals References edit Tollak Ollestad Credits AllMusic Retrieved 2021 02 06 Tollak Ollestad interview Masters of Harmonica Retrieved 2021 02 06 Gilbert Ollestad Obituary 2013 The Seattle Times www legacy com Retrieved 2021 02 06 Christopher Cross in Danish Retrieved 2021 02 06 Interview with Tollak Ollestad Archived from the original on 2010 04 29 Retrieved 2010 07 07 Tollak Ollestad Credits ARTISTdirect Music Artistdirect com Retrieved 2017 05 31 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Amore Under the Desert Sky Musical Selections PBS PBS Archived from the original on 2014 02 10 Retrieved 2017 09 17 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Amore Under the Desert Sky Musical Selections PBS PBS 2014 02 10 Archived from the original on 2014 02 10 Retrieved 2021 02 06 David Eade Tollak Across the Rubicon CD Baby Music Store Cdbaby com Retrieved 2017 05 31 Tollak Live van Tollak Ollestad op Apple Music Itunes apple com 9 September 2016 Retrieved 2017 05 31 Tollak Ollestad Credits AllMusic Retrieved 2021 02 23 Garsthuizen 2019 09 28 Vrijdag 18 oktober 21 uur Tollak Ollestad band Garsthuizen Startenhuizen in Dutch Retrieved 2021 02 23 Tollak Ollestad TEDxGroningen com Retrieved 2017 05 31 External links editOfficial site https www facebook com events 145265399156971 https www youtube com watch v lnxfhJ3dD E https www facebook com tollakmusic http mastersofharmonica com masters of the chromatic harmonica 4841 2 https twitter com hashtag tollakollestad https www youtube com watch v CilXrSYMA8U Tollak Ollestad TEDxGroningen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tollak Ollestad amp oldid 1168506266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
