A TASTE FOR PASSION

This album was still way before the change of music direction through Individual Choice album. So to say this album is very similar with Cosmic Messenger, the previous album. In terms of practical violin work there is not much different between thse two adjacent albums. The only thing is that the Cosmic Messenger is much dynamic than this one. But if you look at the title track "A Taste for Passion" the overall style of this track is almost exactly the same with its predecessor. In this track as well Ponty tried to switch his heavy dominance on violin to piano.

Jean-Luc Ponty, who started out as a straight jazz violinist only to become a pioneer of the electric violin in jazz-rock in the '70s and an inspired manipulator of sequencers and synthesizers in the '80s. So it can be seen actually that this album which was released in 1979 was in transition of his music direction. At first merely amplifying his violin in order to be heard, he switched over to electric violin and augmented it with devices that were associated with electric guitarists and keyboardists.

This is a very good album especially for those who love jazz-rock albums. Keep on proggin' ...!

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