"[6] The album consists of seven solo piano tracks – six are Tristano originals; the other is the standard "You Don't Know What Love Is".

'), 'Deliberation' ('Indiana'), 'Scene and Variations' ('My Melancholy Baby'), 'Love Lines' ('Foolin' Myself'), and 'G Minor Complex' ('You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To').

[4] Most of the tracks contain left-hand bass lines that provide structure to each performance as well as counterpoint for the right-hand playing;[7] block chords, unclear harmonies and contrasting rhythms also appear.

[5] Critic Ira Gitler stated that the album is "a remarkable tour de force".

[5] Pianist Alan Broadbent described The New Tristano as "the greatest solo jazz piano album bar none.