jam session

noun

: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation

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Users will be able to synchronize their audio across their different speakers to amplify their favorite tunes for the ultimate jam session at home. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 9 Jan. 2025 Here is a piece of life force from a jam session at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem, in May 1941. Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 Kristofferson and Joplin shared her house in Mill Valley, California, for a while, where jam sessions with fellow musicians, actors, and others were commonplace. Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 The Street Style Pro, which saw male and female skiers and snowboarders compete back-to-back in a jam session format, was the first to be held under a new partnership between X Games and U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jam session 

Word History

Etymology

jam entry 3

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jam session was in 1933

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“Jam session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jam%20session. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

jam session

noun
: an informal performance by a group of musicians (as jazz musicians) who often invite visitors to join in

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