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.

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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."^[3]

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 Cycles" – 5:45
7. "Reminiscence" – 1:26
8. "Give Us a Chance" – 3:02
9. "Obsession" – 0:40
10. "Farewell" – 3:06

• Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic violin, 5-string electric violin; organ & electric piano (tracks 3, 5); grand piano (track 7)
• Joaquin Lievano – acoustic & electric guitar, guitar synth; guitar solos (tracks 3–5)
• Jamie Glaser – electric guitar; guitar solos (tracks 2, 6)
• Allan Zavod – keyboards, synthesizer; synthesizer solos (tracks 6, 8)
• Ralphe Armstrong – fretless electric bass; bass solo (track 2)
• Casey Scheuerell – drums, percussion

Production

• Engineer: Ed E. Thacker
• Assistant engineers: Lenise Bent, Cheech d'Amico
• Mastered by Greg Calbi
• Gary Heery – photography
• Tim Messer – production coordination

Recorded at Village Recorders, West Los Angeles, California.
Mixed at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California - June & July 1979.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.