jam session
noun
: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation
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In live shows the song can easily extend to 15-minute or longer jam sessions, and nobody is mad about it.
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Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Then, on Saturday, Bieber shared an Insta video of a jam session from the studio, captioning the nearly three-minute clip with a reflective comment.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2025
Somewhere in Brooklyn, below where a family of four sleeps, a basement bunker is the home to a one-man jam session almost every night for six months of the year.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Friday and Saturday will conclude with an after-hours jam session led by Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
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Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Then, on Saturday, Bieber shared an Insta video of a jam session from the studio, captioning the nearly three-minute clip with a reflective comment.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2025
Somewhere in Brooklyn, below where a family of four sleeps, a basement bunker is the home to a one-man jam session almost every night for six months of the year.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Friday and Saturday will conclude with an after-hours jam session led by Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Jam session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jam%20session. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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