jam session
noun
: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation
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During a jam session, label owner Jim Stewart ran a tape recorder, unbeknownst to the players.
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025
The story is a dramatization of an actual occurrence, when a chance jam session in December of 1956 gathered the musicians together.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Best Apple AirPods Deal If your old earbuds keep cutting out during calls or jam sessions, these might finally put an end to the chaos.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
Parking lots functioned as marketplaces, jam sessions, costume parades and social networks all at once.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025
The story is a dramatization of an actual occurrence, when a chance jam session in December of 1956 gathered the musicians together.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Best Apple AirPods Deal If your old earbuds keep cutting out during calls or jam sessions, these might finally put an end to the chaos.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
Parking lots functioned as marketplaces, jam sessions, costume parades and social networks all at once.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 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 7 Dec. 2025.
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