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Ephemerol Peace - Continuum Live at Alvas 091115 ochikubo 90 views Continuum performing "Ephemerol Peace", a composition by Craig Ochikubo. Performance was at Rosalie Alva Performance Space in San Pedro, California on 15 November 2009. htt...
LA Connection Shuffle Jam Part 2 - Ground Floor 090905 ochikubo 145 views LA Connection Jam Session at Ground Floor - 727 Richards Street Honolulu Hawaii 808-538-6012. Recorded Saturday Night September 5, 2009. Aron Nelson - Guitar and Keys, Todd...
LA Connection Shuffle Jam Part 1 - Ground Floor 090905 ochikubo 249 views LA Connection Jam Session at Ground Floor - 727 Richards Street Honolulu Hawaii 808-538-6012. Recorded Saturday Night September 5, 2009. Aron Nelson - Guitar and Keys, Todd...
Continuum performing 5x5x5 at Rosalie Alvas ochikubo 58 views Continuum performing "5x5x5", a composition by John Bergamo. Performance was at Rosalie Alva Performance Space in San Pedro, California on 15 November 2009. http://www.mysp...
RT - Continuum at Rosalie Alvas, January 18, 2009 ochikubo 83 views Continuum performing the Damon Zick original composition, RT. http://www.myspace.com/continuumgroup http://continuumgroup.googlepages.com/home
Rag Tag Stomp - Continuum at Rosalie Alvas, January 18, 2009 ochikubo 38 views Continuum performing the Chris Garcia original composition, Rag Tag Stomp. http://www.myspace.com/continuumgroup http://continuumgroup.googlepages.com/home
Paths - Continuum at Rosalie Alvas, January 18, 2009 ochikubo 16 views Continuum performing the Craig Ochikubo original composition, Paths. http://www.myspace.com/continuumgroup http://continuumgroup.googlepages.com/home
Hector, Desmond and Titus - Continuum at Rosalie Alvas, January 18, 2009 ochikubo 58 views Continuum performing the Damon Zick original composition, Hector, Desmond and Titus. http://www.myspace.com/continuumgroup http://continuumgroup.googlepages.com/home
Yet Again - Continuum @ Rosalie Alvas ochikubo 133 views Continuum performing a Chris Garcia original, Yet Again, at Rosalie Alvas, January 18, 2009. Special guest Michael Manring sitting in on electric bass Chris Garcia - dr...
What You Won't Do For Love (cover of Bobby Caldwell tune) ochikubo 4,386 views Sitting in with Ben and Maila at Kinkaid's in Hawaii, just having some fun. Ben Vegas - guitar Maila Gibson - vocals Dayton Arima -bass Rod Esteban - drums

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What originally started as a rehearsal band in 1987 in East Los Angeles, has evolved into one of the most original voices in contemporary improvisational music today. Utilizing (and transcending) their considerable skills the group has evolved "organically" over the last few years building a repertoire rich in influences and directions. Whether playing fatback funk, odd-time pieces, standards(?) or open-ended improvisations the group has an easily identifiable sound..

"Our strength is our diversity" says drummer and spokesperson for the group Christopher Garcia, "you won't find a more different group of people, culturally or musically, playing in a band - and we're proud to say we are a band". While other ensembles change personnel and 'plug people in the way you change socks' CONTINUUM has never played a gig using a sub, even though their individual schedules have become increasingly hectic. "Being a band is a whole different head, a whole different commitment and responsibility" something you find less and less of today. "It's only because we are a band that we're able to pull off certain tunes and give the music the respect it deserves, which means we can play what we want, when we want, and not have to worry about the notes," which has been a problem for some critics and most record labels. "We received so many rejection notices asking us to dump specific kinds of tunes and do more 'groove tunes', or the band would be great if 'you just played acoustic instruments and dumped that electronic stuff.' But one thing we've never done is compromise our music by underestimating the intelligence of an audience". And it seems their audience has been listening, and growing intently.

"We feel people are hip enough to go through the changes we put them through without getting violent about it.(!) I always wanted to be in a band with the depth of someone like Mingus, John McLaughlin, Oregon, or Weather Report - a band that can rip your head off one minute, then turn around and play a ballad with just as much conviction. A lot of groups get stuck thinking they have to turn it up and beat their chest all the time. I feel a lot of spirituality and intent has been lost in folks learning their instrument and forgetting what it was that they thought wanted to say in the first place."

Though the group has recently been described as a fusion band in various reviews they refuse to be pigeonholed by such references. "Now I understand why Mingus didn't want his music to be called jazz, but Mingus' music. We draw from so many wells that we've grown up with that our repertoire feels very natural for us. We don't play something because we're eclectic. We do it because we play what he hear. I doubt very much that folks who come out to see us say 'Let's go see that fusion band, or contemporary improvisational ensemble - they probably say Let's see what CONTINUUM's up to.'

Whether tearing it up, or laying it down, grooving in 21/8, or 4/4, playing a Monk tune or an original composition CONTINUUM continues to grow and confound.

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