New Picture is a 1985 jazz album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath, released on Landmark Records. The title track, New Picture, is an original Heath composition that opens the set with a tasteful, swinging hard bop vibe. The album features Heath on tenor and soprano sax, with Tommy Flanagan on Rhodes piano for tracks 3 and 4, Tony Purrone on guitar, Rufus Reid on bass, and Al Foster on drums; additional color is provided by French horns on tracks 2, 4 and 6 played by John Clark and Bob Routch, trombone Benny Powell, and tuba Howard Johnson. It was recorded June 18 and 20, 1985 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and produced by Jimmy Heath and Orrin Keepnews. The program includes four Heath originals plus covers of Lush Life by Billy Strayhorn, Dewey Square by Charlie Parker, and Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Mitchell Parish. The music sits in the jazz genre with hard bop influences, and AllMusic describes it as a tasteful and swinging comeback date for Heath as a leader after about a decade away.
