''Animato'' is an album by jazz guitarist John Abercrombie with keyboardist

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and drummer

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that was recorded in 1989 and released by

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in 1990.ECM discography
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Reception

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review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars, stating, "An unusual but beautiful item in John Abercrombie's discography, and a coming out for Mendoza, ''Animato'' signals a different direction for the ECM label, enabling electronic sounds in a way they had never fully embraced prior".Nastos, M. G
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'' awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "one of Abercrombie's most cohesive and swinging sets. He sounds completely in control of the music".

Track listing

Personnel

* John Abercrombie – guitar,

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–

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– drums

References

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