Continuum (Rainer Brüninghaus album)

Continuum
Studio album by Rainer Brüninghaus, Markus Stockhausen and Fredy Struder
Released	1984
Recorded	September 1983
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:30
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Rainer Brüninghaus chronology
Freigeweht (1980) Continuum (1983) Shadows & Smiles (1987)

Continuum is an album by German keyboardist and composer Rainer Brüninghaus with trumpeter Markus Stockhausen and drummer Fredy Struder recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 2½ stars calling it "meditative, inviting, full of rounded edges and melodies. It contains all the icy spaciousness of Manfred Eicher's trademark production, but the effect of Brüninghaus' compositions is warm, accessible even. They are open-ended and contemplative and explore musical questions lyrically. There is a valid argument to be made for the non-adventurousness of these works, and the fairly safe improvisations within them, but perhaps that's the point".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Rainer Brüninghaus

1. "Strahlenspur" - 4:50
2. "Stille" - 10:27
3. "Continuum" - 4:00
4. "Raga Rag" - 10:49
5. "Schattenfrei" - 5:15
6. "Innerfern" - 9:30

• Recorded at Talent Studio in Oslo, Norway in September 1983

Personnel

• Rainer Brüninghaus - piano, synthesizer
• Markus Stockhausen - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Fredy Studer - drums

References

1. ^ ECM discography accessed September 22, 2011
2. ^ ^{a b} Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 22, 2011