Subject: [Harp-L] Tollak Ollestad on PBS concert special

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Winslow:  By chance I  came across this CD/DVD of Andrea  Bocelli's and 
noticed he plays with Stevie Wonder on one track.  If you  remember, could that be 
the same song he had Tollak accompany him on, for the  PBS show?  If so, I'd 
like to hear it if Stevie is playing chromatic, and  might check it out.
 
Thanks,
 
Elizabeth
 
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Disc 1 DVD
1. Amapola
2. Besame Mucho
3.  Somos Novios
4. Canzoni Stonate
5. Pero Te Extrano
6.  L'Appuntamento
7. Estate
8. September Morn
9. Can't Help Falling In  Love
10. Mi Manchi
11. Jurame
12. Solamente Una Vez
13. Les Feuilles  Mortes (Autumn Leaves)
14. Porque Tu Me Acostumbraste
15. Cuando do Me  Enamoro
16. The Prayer
17. Momentos
18. Because We  Believe

Disc 2 CD 1. Besame Mucho - live
2. Cuando Me Ennamoro  - live
3. Estate with Chris Botti - studio version
4. September Morn -  live
5. Can't Help Falling in Love - studio duet with Katharine McPhee
6.  Canzoni Stonate - new studio edit with Stevie Wonder
7. Momentos - live
8.  Somos Novios - live
9. The Prayer - live duet with Heather Headley 
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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:16:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Winslow  Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Tollak Ollestad  on  PBS concert special
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Was helping my wife correct papers in front of the TV  last night and on
comes an Andrea Bocelli concert taped outdoors at Lake Las  Vegas (such
a place exists?). Bocelli is the blind Italian quasi-operatic  tenor who
became something of a pop sensation a few years back. Anyway,  he's
holding forth on various tuneful songs with piano, acoustic  guitar,
percussion, and a full string section when all of a sudden there's  a
chromatic harmonica player taking a solo. Sorta Toots-ish,  sorta
Stevie-ish. The tune ends and Bocelli introduces Tollak Ollestad.  

You may remember Tollak Ollestad as the harmonica player on the  theme
of the TV show Northern Exposure. I met him a few years back when  he
was touring with singer Michael MacDonald, who was double billed  with
Kenny Loggins, back when Howard Levy was touring with  Kenny.

Evidently the music director heard something Tollak had done and  he and
Bocelli liked it so much they flew him out for this minute-long  cameo
even though he hadn't been on the CD that the concert was  supporting.
(Not to take anything away from Bocelli or from Tollak, but when  did
PBS's "Great Performances" stop being what the title implies and  start
becoming a promotional opportunity for whoever has a new product  to
flog?) 

The concert (and DVD) is called "Under the Desert Sky."  Tollak isn't
the only cameo, just the one of greatest interest to harmonica  players.

Winslow"

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