New Outlook is the debut album by jazz pianist and mathematician Rob Schneiderman, recorded on January 5, 1988, and released by Reservoir Records.

[1] The album received a three-star rating by AllMusic[2] 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.

"[4] 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.

"[3] All compositions by Rob Schneiderman except where noted