{{Short description|1979 jazz studio album}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Four Keys | type = Album | artist = [[Martial Solal]], [[Lee Konitz]], [[John Scofield]] and [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]] | cover = Four Keys.jpg | alt = | released = 1979 | recorded = May 8, 1979 | venue = | studio = MPS Tonstudio, Villingen, Black Forest, West Germany | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 39:12 | label = [[MPS Records|MPS]]<br><small>MPS 15 533</small> | producer = Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer | chronology = [[Lee Konitz]] | prev_title = [[Yes, Yes, Nonet]] | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = [[Live at Laren]] | next_year = 1979 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Martial Solal]] | type = Album | prev_title = [[Suite for Trio]] | prev_year = 1978 | title = Four Keys | year = 1979 | next_title = [[Live at the Berlin Jazz Days 1980]] | next_year = 1980 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[John Scofield]] | type = Album | prev_title = [[Who's Who?]] | prev_year = 1979 | title = Four Keys | year = 1979 | next_title = [[Bar Talk]] | next_year = 1980 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]] | type = Album | prev_title = [[Pictures (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Kenneth Knudsen album)|Pictures]] | prev_year = 1976 | title = Four Keys | year = 1979 | next_title = [[Dancing on the Tables]] | next_year = 1979 }} }} '''''Four Keys''''' is an album by pianist [[Martial Solal]] with saxophonist [[Lee Konitz]], guitarist [[John Scofield]] and bassist [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]] recorded in West Germany in 1979 and released on the [[MPS Records|MPS]] label.<ref>[https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472115871-discography.pdf Lee Konitz discography] accessed November 29, 2016</ref><ref>Di Filippo, R., [https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/lee-konitz-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Lee Konitz] accessed November 28, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.mps-music.com/portfolio-items/solal-konitz-scofield-orsted-pedersen-%E2%80%8E-four-keys/ MPS Records: album entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129145625/http://www.mps-music.com/portfolio-items/solal-konitz-scofield-orsted-pedersen-%E2%80%8E-four-keys/ |date=November 29, 2016 }} accessed November 29, 2016</ref> The album was also released in the US on [[Pausa Records]].
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]'' | rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | page = 120 }}</ref> }} Scott Yanow of [[Allmusic]] said "An all-star quartet explores seven diverse Solal originals that range from chamberlike pieces to fairly free group improvising. The results are often exciting if cool in both tone and volume. Thoughtful yet unpredictable music".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000902050 |title=''Four Keys'' – Review |accessdate=November 29, 2016}}</ref>
== Track listing == All compositions by Martial Solal.
# "Brain Stream" - 6:43 # "Not Scheduled" - 7:27 # "Grapes" - 6:26 # "Retro Active" - 6:03 # "Energy" - 4:42 # "Satar" - 4:35 # "Four Keys" - 3:15
== Personnel == *[[Martial Solal]] – [[piano]] *[[Lee Konitz]] – [[alto saxophone]] *[[John Scofield]] – [[guitar]] *[[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]] – [[double bass|bass]]
== References == {{reflist}} {{Lee Konitz}} {{Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen}} {{Authority control}}
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