Animato (album)

Animato
Studio album by John Abercrombie
Released	1990
Recorded	October 1989 Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:48
Label	ECM ECM 1411
Producer	Manfred Eicher
John Abercrombie chronology
John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine (1988) Animato (1989) While We're Young (1992)

Animato is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with keyboardist Vince Mendoza and drummer Jon Christensen recorded in 1989 and released on the ECM label^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic 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".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 4 stars stating "one of Abercrombie's most cohesive and swinging sets. He sounds completely in control of the music".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Vince Mendoza except as indicated

1. "Right Now" (John Abercrombie, Jon Christensen, Vince Mendoza) - 7:32
2. "Single Moon" - 4:20
3. "Agitato" - 5:06
4. "First Light" - 1:35
5. "Last Light" - 4:06
6. "For Hope of Hope" - 8:52
7. "Bright Reign" (Abercrombie) - 5:11
8. "Ollie Mention" - 7:34

• Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in October 1989

Personnel

• John Abercrombie — guitar, guitar synthesizer
• Vince Mendoza — synthesizer
• Jon Christensen — drums

References

1. ECM discography accessed September 30, 2011
2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 30, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.