jam session
noun
: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation
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From 2000 to around 2010, Reid was a mainstay in the house band at the Monday night jam sessions at the Los Angeles club The Mint.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
And like the weekly Sunday jam sessions at Yacht Club, artists and bands will play live at Rougarou as part of regular residencies, Wright said.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
These camps, often funded by record labels or publishers, can center on a specific artist or be a general jam session.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 July 2025
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
And like the weekly Sunday jam sessions at Yacht Club, artists and bands will play live at Rougarou as part of regular residencies, Wright said.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
These camps, often funded by record labels or publishers, can center on a specific artist or be a general jam session.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 July 2025
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 19 Aug. 2025.
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