Appassionata | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Ramsey Lewis |
Cover: | Ramsey Lewis- Appassionata.jpg |
Released: | 1999 |
Genre: | Jazz |
Label: | Narada |
Producer: | Ramsey Lewis |
Prev Title: | Dance of the Soul |
Prev Year: | 1998 |
Appassionata is an album by American jazz musician Ramsey Lewis, released in 1999 on Narada Records.[1] The album peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[2]
Appassionata was produced by Ramsey Lewis.
Jonathan Widran of AllMusic noted that "Lewis brings the titular passion to tunes inspired by or taken from opera, classical, jazz, and gospel". Hilarie Grey of JazzTimes declared that "Lewis puts on a clinic of exploratory, dynamic improvisation with Appassionata".[3]