New Vocabulary is an album by saxophonist Ornette Coleman, trumpeter Jordan Mclean, drummer Amir Ziv, and, on three tracks, pianist Adam Holzman.

[7][8] The pair defended the album, calling it "a collaborative, joint work... made with the willing involvement of each artist," and "the end result of multiple deliberate and dedicated recording sessions done with the willing participation and consent of Mr. Coleman and the other performers.

"[11] In a review for the Financial Times, Mike Hobart wrote: "The plaintive, blues-soaked cry of Ornette Coleman's alto sax leaps out of every track...

"[13] The Boston Globe's Jon Garelick stated that the music is "often quite beautiful," and noted that Coleman's "alto proceeds in its own sweet, enchanting way, burbling delicate figures, bluesy and richly vocal — improvising on himself, as the critic Whitney Balliett once said.

"[15] Mark Corroto of All About Jazz commented: "Each track is a sort of vignette stripped to bare-bones rhythm and electronics as a petri dish for Coleman to vocalize... Not the shocking newness of Ornette's sound fifty years ago, the one that could start a fistfight.

"[12] Writing for The Whole Note, Ken Waxman remarked: "Since Coleman's playing is oblique but decisively melodic, New Vocabulary is a disc that's convivial as well as challenging.

"[14] Writer Raul Da Gama commented: "There is extremely detailed integrity in the music... Clipped phrasing and tumbling keening combine with astute voice-leading and lend interest and profile to the more narrative songs... New Vocabulary possesses an old soul and more than a touch of genius.