A Taste for Passion
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A Taste for Passion is an album by French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...

, released in 1979. It was reissued on Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 on CD in 1990 and 1992.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.
  1. "Stay with Me" – 5:35
  2. "Sunset Drive" – 5:45
  3. "Dreamy Eyes" – 4:18
  4. "Beach Girl" – 4:56
  5. "A Taste for Passion" – 5:22
  6. "Life Circle" – 5:45
  7. "Reminiscence" – 1:26
  8. "Give Us a Chance" – 3:02
  9. "Obsession" – 0:40
  10. "Farewell" – 3:06

Personnel

  • Jean-Luc Ponty
    Jean-Luc Ponty
    Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...

     – 5-string electric violin, violin, piano, keyboards
  • Ralphe Armstrong – fretless bass
  • Joaquin Lievano – guitar, guitar synth
  • Jamie Glaser
    Jamie Glaser
    Jamie Glaser , is an American guitarist. He is well known for his guitar work on shows like Seinfeld, Saved By The Bell, Married With Children and many others...

     – guitar
  • Casey Scheuerell
    Casey Scheuerell
    Casey Scheuerell is an American jazz, rock and new age drummer and percussionist. Scheuerell attended Sun Prairie High School in Wisconsin, and is an alumnus and faculty member of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts....

     – 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
1979 Billboard Jazz Albums 4
Billboard Pop Albums 54
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