New Ideas is an album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label.

[1] Down Beat magazine critic Pete Welding said in his five star review of February 15, 1962: "This collection I find brilliant in every respect.

Ellis' compelling music warrants complete attention if only for the freshness, ingenuity, and striking originality of its conception."

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Don Ellis experiments with time, new chord structures, and free improvisation...

[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "Challenging, provocative music sympathetically recorded by Rudy Van Gelder.