{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{For|the updated email client from Microsoft|Outlook for Windows}}{{Infobox album | name = New Outlook | type = studio | artist = Rob Schneiderman | cover = Cover art for New Outlook by Rob Schneiderman, photographer Mitchell Seidel.jpg | released = 1988 | recorded = January 5, 1988 | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = 48:11 | label = Reservoir | producer = Rob Schneiderman | chronology = Rob Schneiderman | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Smooth Sailing | next_year = 1990 }} '''''New Outlook''''' is the debut album by jazz pianist and mathematician Rob Schneiderman, recorded on January 5, 1988, and released by Reservoir Records.<ref name=reservoir>[http://www.reservoirmusic.com/106.html Reservoir Music Catalog]. Retrieved August 25, 2020</ref>
== Reception == {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic" /> | rev2 = ''MusicHound Jazz'' | rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="mh">{{cite book |last1=Holtje |first1=Steve |last2=Lee |first2=Nancy Ann |title=MusicHound: The Essential Album Guide |publisher=Schirmer |year=1998 |pages=1004 }}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' | rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2006 |edition=8th |publisher=Penguin |page=1160–1161}}</ref> }} The album received a three-star rating by AllMusic<ref name="allmusic">{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000794371|label=Rob Schneiderman: ''New Outlook''|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}</ref>
The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' noted that Slide Hampton's "mild-mannered fluency suits Schneiderman's approach," but stated that "the music tends to settle down into blandishments of the kind that have been committed to record many times before."<ref name="Penguin"/>
The editors of ''MusicHound Jazz'' awarded the album a full five stars, calling it "a stellar quartet session," and commenting: "Schneiderman composed four of the eight tunes, though he writes with such an ear for melody it's hard to tell his work from the standards."<ref name="mh"/>
== Track listing == All compositions by Rob Schneiderman except where noted # "New Outlook" – 9:22 # "Time Waits" (Bud Powell) - 5:10 # "Slippin' and Slidin" - 5:24 # "Cedar" - 4:00 (Michael Formanek) # "While We're Young" (Alec Wilder) - 8:53 # "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) - 5:15 # "Hidden Dreams" - 3:53 # "Here Today" - 6:14
== Personnel == * Rob Schneiderman – piano * Slide Hampton – trombone * Rufus Reid – bass * Akira Tana – drums
== References == {{reflist}} {{Rob Schneiderman (mathematician)}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Rob Schneiderman albums Category:1988 debut albums Category:Reservoir Records albums Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio