Album
A Taste For Passion
1979 · Jazz, Rock
6 collectors on Gatefold own this
A Taste For Passion is a Jazz album by Jean-Luc Ponty, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 47 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
About
Jean-Luc Ponty's final album of the '70s marks a stylistic detour from his earlier approach. He became a jazz-rock star in the first half of the '70s with a fiery but lyrical brand of fusion featuring plenty of frenetic soloing and intense interplay between violin, guitar, and synthesizers. On <i>A Taste for Passion</i>, Ponty slows and scales things down a bit, savoring the lyrical side of his sensibilities and making the most of his melodic gifts. There's also more acoustic piano than usual amid the synths and a greater focus on concise song forms. Unlike on previous albums, there are no epic suites here. Instead, there's languid atmosphere aplenty—the warm, almost aqueous guitar arpeggios and sonorous violin lines that kick off the opening cut, "Stay with Me," pretty much set the album's tone. Midtempo and highly melodic tunes dominate, though the fire of old is briefly rekindled somewhat on "Life Cycles" and "Give Us a Chance," where the pace gets a little more urgent and the solos burn a bit more. <i>Passion</i> proves that Ponty's got plenty of strings to his bow, figuratively and literally.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Stay With Me5:35
- A2Sunset Drive5:45
- A3Dreamy Eyes4:18
- A4Beach Girl4:56
Side B
- B1A Taste For Passion5:22
- B2Life Cycles5:45
- B3Reminiscence1:26
- B4Give Us A Chance3:20
- B5Obsession0:40
- B6Farewell3:06
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- clean
- driving
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Allan GelbardPROGRAMMED BY
- Allan ZavodKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, PROGRAMMED BY PROGRAMMED BY
- Casey ScheuerellDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Jamie GlaserELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Jean-Luc PontyCOMPOSED BY , ORCHESTRATED BY COMPOSED BY, ORCHESTRATED BY VIOLIN, ORGAN
- Joaquin LiévanoELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR SYNTHESIZER GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER
- Ralphe ArmstrongBASS ELECTRIC BASS ELECTRIC UPRIGHT BASS
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 47 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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