Other credits · Performance
Tollak Ollestad
Seward, United States
Tollak Ollestad is credited on 56 releases across 62 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1989–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
56
Pressings credited
62
Albums
5
Decades active
15
In collections
Biography
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.
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Credited work
56 releases · 62 albums · active 1989–2025
- Other credits · 51
- Performance · 28
Studios: NRG Studios · Exploding Door Studio · Kensington Sound · Cafe Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Al Jarreau
- Ambrosia (2)
- Allen Hinds
- Dave Grusin
- Bill Sharpe
- Marilyn Scott
- Bunny Hull
- Eliza Gilkyson
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