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jam session
noun
: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation
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The celebrations seek to bring out the musician in all of us, regardless of skill level, with outdoor concerts, jam sessions, lessons and music-making of all kinds.
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Ed Christman, Billboard, 19 June 2024
The program also includes workshops, kids’ activations, live music, vinyl swaps, jam sessions, and more.
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John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2024
Celebrate Father’s Day with a music festival featuring live bluegrass artists on multiple stages, plus food, drinks, camping, workshops, jam sessions, square-dancing, youth programs and other unique offerings.
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Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
But the glue that holds the show together is the excellent eight-piece band led by Sarah Pool Wilhelm, which weaves in and out of the action and concludes this inspiring musical with a post-curtain-call jam session.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
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First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
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“Jam session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jam%20session. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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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