"New Amsterdam Groove" swings across worlds as Jerome Lee delivers jazz elegance

Jerome Lee has finally released "New Amsterdam Groove," a jazz instrumental that is the result of a lifetime of dedication to his love of music. It's warm, it remembers, and it opens up into an unmistakable swing. This is a meditation on a life formed by rhythm, rooted in place and gratitude.

This is something Jerome Lee has been doing for a very long time, as he has worked in the music industry for more than 40 years. He's performed on electric bass, sung, written songs, recorded, toured, and taught. He composed the instrumental in the late 1990s while living in the Netherlands. It was inspired by a profound realization that he had landed the incredible opportunity to play bass guitar in Amsterdam and New York City, irrevocably linked by history.

The poetic spine of this song is that New York City was once called New Amsterdam. The track captures the heartbeat of two cities, their locomotion, desperation, and cosmopolitanism, while Lee's needle-sharp musical vision splices them down. He performed the piece live in the Netherlands years ago, but he didn't have time to record it until the global pandemic quarantine of 2020–2021 offered some space and serenity.

The result is a natural jazz experience that was even more florid in the hands of the great musicians with whom he worked in the studio. Lee is very pleased with their performances, and they bring depth, dialogue, and dynamic exchange to the song. "New Amsterdam Groove" is rooted in celebration, and it shows up everywhere. It's a rejoicing in survival, art, history, and connection.

The song's tribute to pace, the relentless momentum of New York, and the singular tempo of Amsterdam has a cinematic quality. The testament to the life of a musician who hasn't just witnessed change but often made it. "New Amsterdam Groove" is jazz that emanates from life, reflective and clever. It's a reminder for those who have forgotten that, like cities, music evolves over time and yet retains something very much the same.

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