A Taste for Passion
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A Taste for Passion
- Artist: Jean-Luc Ponty
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- Release Date: 1979
- Total Time: 39:55
- Type: Instrumental
- Genre: Jazz
Review
Despite the title, this release is more subdued than its predecessors on the shelves, more tightly controlled, more conventional in instrumentation. Jean-Luc Ponty temporarily pulls back on electronic display for its own sake, even permitting some acoustic instruments to take the fore, and the recorded sound is drier and less lustrous. Nevertheless, Ponty's urbane Euro-sensibility can still be felt strongly in these carefully conceived and "orchestrated" jazz-rock compositions for his six-piece group. "Beach Girl," with its locomotive-driven chorus surrounded by folk-like passages, is the most memorable tune of the lot. If you can overlook the dated timbres of the ARP (a long-defunct company) synthesizers and the flat acoustics that place this music squarely within its decade, this music can still give pleasure to today's CD fans. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi| A Taste Of... Wicked Wonderland (Album by Lita Ford) | |
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A Taste for Passion
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| Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | June – July 1979 | |||
| Genre | Jazz-Fusion | |||
| Length | 40:22 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Jean-Luc Ponty | |||
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A Taste for Passion is an album by French Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1979. It was reissued on Atlantic Records on CD in 1990 and 1992.
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Contents
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Track listing
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.
- "Stay with Me" – 5:35
- "Sunset Drive" – 5:45
- "Dreamy Eyes" – 4:18
- "Beach Girl" – 4:56
- "A Taste for Passion" – 5:22
- "Life Cycles" – 5:45
- "Reminiscence" – 1:26
- "Give Us a Chance" – 3:02
- "Obsession" – 0:40
- "Farewell" – 3:06
Personnel
- Jean-Luc Ponty – 5-string electric violin, violin, piano, keyboards
- Ralphe Armstrong – fretless bass
- Joaquin Lievano – guitar, guitar synth
- Jamie Glaser – guitar
- Casey Scheuerell – drums, percussion
- Allan Zavod – keyboards, synthesizer
Production notes
- Ed E. Thacker – engineer
- Lenise Bent – engineer, assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – engineer, mastering
- Cheech d'Amico – engineer, assistant engineer
- Gary Heery – photography
- Tim Messer – production coordination
- Zal Schreiber – mastering
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1979 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 4 |
| Billboard Pop Albums | 54 |
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "A Taste for Passion - Jean-Luc Ponty | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r145747. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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