New Directions in Modern Music

New Directions in Modern Music is a live album by the Rashied Ali Quartet. It was recorded at The East in Brooklyn, New York, during 1971, and was released in 1973 by Ali's Survival Records. On the album, Ali is featured on drums and percussion, and is joined by saxophonist and flutist Carlos Ward, pianist Fred Simmons, and bassist Stafford James. In 1999, the recording was reissued by Survival in conjunction with Knit Classics.

Ali stated that the quartet, which stayed together for about three years, was "the first group that I got together after Trane died, after I went to Europe and got that whole thing out of my system." The band eventually broke up because "it got to the point where were weren't working at all and everyone was such a good musician, and getting calls from other people." The group's regular pianist was Don Pullen; however, he was unable to attend the recording session, and was replaced by Simmons.