With over 60 million records sold, Zucchero recently released his latest studio album D.O.C. (Disco di Origine Controllata), an album of “authentic and genuine” compositions. Says Zucchero, “I’m very protective of this album because it’s very much ‘my’ album, in the intimate sense, meaning that the 11 tracks reflect my current state of mind, what I think, what I feel – more freely and directly than in the past – in a no-frills, much simpler, yet more complex manner.
The making of D.O.C. included recording sessions in Iceland, Los Angeles and San Francisco with young, indie-like producers and musicians such as Nicolas Rebscher (Germany), Joel Humlén (Sweden), Ian Brendon Scott & Mark Jackson (USA), Steve Robson (UK) and Eg White (UK), all merging under my direction and that of Don Was, my brother in blues.”
Zucchero’s music has broken borders everywhere, thanks to countless collaborations with international artists like Bryan Adams, The Blues Brothers, Bono, Jeff Beck, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Elvis Costello, Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Mark Knopfler, Brian May, Luciano Pavarotti, Iggy Pop, Queen, Alejandro Sanz, Sting and many others.