Tuesday,
November 13, 2007
Zucchero's
"All The Best" (1986-2007) Due
The
ANNOTICO Report
In
January 2008, Verve Records will release "All The
Best", a collection of hits from the multi-million-selling Italian
singer-songwriter Zucchero. "All The Best" is an affectionate
compilation of 15 tracks whose original releases span from 1986 to the present,
including four new tracks recorded specifically for this release. Several
tracks contain stellar guest performances from artists such as Luciano Pavarotti, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker and Vanessa
Carlton
Perhaps no other
recording artist in the world has recorded as many successful
-- and diverse -- collaborations as the singer-songwriter from
'All The Best' of Zucchero Sees January Release on Verve
PR
Newswire
November
12, 2007
NEW YORK, Nov. 12
/PRNewswire/ -- The Verve Music Group announces the
January 22, 2008, release of "All The Best", a collection of hits
from the multi-million-selling Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero.
"All The Best" is an affectionate compilation of 15 tracks whose
original releases span from 1986 to the present, including four new tracks
recorded specifically for this release. Several tracks contain stellar
guest performances from artists such as Luciano
Pavarotti, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker and Vanessa Carlton
Perhaps no other
recording artist in the world has recorded as many successful
-- and diverse -- collaborations as the singer-songwriter from
In a recent
interview Zucchero confided that he was proud of the close bonds he's formed
with English-speaking artists such as Eric Clapton, Bono, Ray Charles and Miles
Davis. "It's not easy," he says, "for a continental European
artist to get the respect from an English or American artist. I think
it's different for me because my music is a little bit different. I have
a lot of influences coming from the blues, soul, gospel and Italian melodies.
It's a mixture of things they find interesting."
Zucchero has also
made lasting friendships at home. The 'neighbor', as Zucchero liked to call his
fellow provincial from Emilio Romagna, Luciano
Pavarotti, first recorded with him in 1992 resulting in the hit song Miserere.
The pair worked together on annual charity events for over twenty years
involving their many friends from the worlds of classical and pop music.
"He left a great void in my life," admits
Zucchero. He dedicated his recent concert at Carnegie Hall to his
long-time friend.
"All The
Best" includes a 1995 version of Senza Una Donna, the song that brought Zucchero international
fame when he recorded it with
Never one to rest
on his laurels, Zucchero continues to seek the recognition in the
For further
information regarding Zucchero, please contact Mark Gartenberg
at
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,221615.shtml
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