| A Taste for Passion | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jean-Luc Ponty |
| Cover: | A Taste for Passion.jpg |
| Released: | September 19, 1979 |
| Recorded: | June – July 1979 |
| Studio: | Village Recorders (West Los Angeles, California) |
| Genre: | Jazz fusion |
| Length: | 40:22 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Jean-Luc Ponty |
| Prev Title: | Live |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Civilized Evil |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
A Taste for Passion is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty that was released in 1979. It was reissued by Atlantic on CD in 1990 and 1992. The track "Beach Girl" received a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1981 Grammy Awards.
The Globe and Mail wrote that Ponty's "music is well conceived and realized, structurally sound and texturally colorful (Genesis-ish in spots), drawing equally on rock and classical as a backdrop for jazz improvisation."[1]
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.
Recorded at Village Recorders, West Los Angeles, California.
Mixed at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California - June & July 1979.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 4 |
| Billboard Pop Albums | 54 |