jam session
noun
: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation
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Artists were also welcome to bring their spouses and children on tour with them, and downtime between shows was filled with spontaneous jam sessions and pickup basketball games.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
To see how a song born in a Santiago jam session became an anthem here, filling bars and stopping traffic at the airport, was extraordinary.
—Sarah Moreno
may 7, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Those jam sessions are what got East Wind started, according to Flores.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
The random jam sessions outside on warm summer nights.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
To see how a song born in a Santiago jam session became an anthem here, filling bars and stopping traffic at the airport, was extraordinary.
—Sarah Moreno
may 7, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Those jam sessions are what got East Wind started, according to Flores.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
The random jam sessions outside on warm summer nights.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for jam session
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“Jam session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jam%20session. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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