Appassionata is an album by American jazz musician Ramsey Lewis, produced by Lewis and released in 1999 on Narada Records.
[1] The album peaked at No.
5 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
[2] Jonathan Widran of AllMusic noted that "Lewis brings the titular passion to tunes inspired by or taken from opera, classical, jazz, and gospel".
[3] Hilarie Grey of JazzTimes declared that "Lewis puts on a clinic of exploratory, dynamic improvisation with Appassionata".