jam session
noun
: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation
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San Diego’s Rachel Sanders was surely not the first 10-year-old singer to sit in at an open-mic jam session last year and perform with a band of experienced adult musicians.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
That led to an initial jam session to check the proverbial vibes.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2024
According to family members, Mrs. Smith played a mean harmonica at family jam sessions.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
Kiefer Sutherland has revealed how a jam session with his late Stand by Me costar River Phoenix may have had a profound effect on the 1986 coming-of-age film.
—EW.com, 23 Dec. 2023
These days most of the jazz happens two days a week: Sunday (over brunch, all ages invited) and Monday (jam session, 21 and over).
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
After this ‘jam session,’ Hank would sit at the typewriter and try to weave out of the craziness something cohesive to present to Johnny.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
Other tributes include a jam session and fundraiser scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Slippery Noodle, 372 S Meridian St., as well as a memorial fundraiser at the Rathskeller Restaurant, 401 E. Michigan St., scheduled 5-8 p.m. Jan. 28.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
On Monday nights, there’s traditional Irish dancing, and Sunday Irish jam sessions.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
That led to an initial jam session to check the proverbial vibes.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2024
According to family members, Mrs. Smith played a mean harmonica at family jam sessions.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
Kiefer Sutherland has revealed how a jam session with his late Stand by Me costar River Phoenix may have had a profound effect on the 1986 coming-of-age film.
—EW.com, 23 Dec. 2023
These days most of the jazz happens two days a week: Sunday (over brunch, all ages invited) and Monday (jam session, 21 and over).
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
After this ‘jam session,’ Hank would sit at the typewriter and try to weave out of the craziness something cohesive to present to Johnny.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
Other tributes include a jam session and fundraiser scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Slippery Noodle, 372 S Meridian St., as well as a memorial fundraiser at the Rathskeller Restaurant, 401 E. Michigan St., scheduled 5-8 p.m. Jan. 28.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
On Monday nights, there’s traditional Irish dancing, and Sunday Irish jam sessions.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
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