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Four Keys

Four Keys cover
RecordedMay 1979
LabelPausa Records
Released1979
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 346413

The record

Konitz's dry alto wit meets Scofield's guitar and NHØP's bass on a quartet session built around Solal's own compositions. Pausa caught four distinct voices trading contrapuntal ideas with real playfulness in 1979.

Session personnel

  • Lee Konitz — alto saxophone
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen — bass
  • John Scofield — guitar
  • Martial Solal — piano, composed by

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1979MPS Records · 1A 064-63157 — Vinyl, Album, LP earliest on file
1979MPS Records · 0068.241 — Vinyl, Album, LP
1980Pausa Records
1980MPS Records · KUX-141-P — Vinyl, Album, LP
1981MPS Records · ULS-6016-P — Vinyl, Album, LP
1981MPS Records · JS-050 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2016MPS Records — File, MP3, Album, Reissue, VBR
2016MPS Records — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 24-bit, 88.2 kHz
2025Solid Records (6) · CDSOL-3528 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered

Follow the players

Lee Konitz also plays on

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen also plays on

Martial Solal also plays on