"[6] Point of Departure's Troy Collins stated that the musicians' "seasoned rapport enhances their interactions in this configuration, which is essentially a post-modern string band, where any player can assume melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic responsibilities."

"[11] Writing for All About Jazz, Ian Patterson commented: "Intense yet lyrical, complex yet accessible in equal measure, Old New provides compelling proof of Reid's growing prominence among today's jazz/improvised vanguard.

"[9] A reviewer for Textura stated: "From start to finish, the Queens-based cellist demonstrates a gift for writing melodically enticing tunes that feel connected to long-standing jazz traditions yet also burst with the vitality that comes from bold thinking and fresh approaches.

There's a kind of chronological elasticity that is pretty damn compelling... the foundations of blues and jazz and folk bleed through the music, giving it a strong sense of something traditional and familiar.

"[15] Jack McKeon of The Free Jazz Collective called the album "a project of bifurcations and a celebration of unity," and wrote: "It embraces tradition and charts new territories, often at the same time.