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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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Use it as a digital photo frame, a smart home control center, or just a music jam session.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
Martin is thankful for Miami winters and Miami Heat basketball, for shows at the Bandshell and car jam sessions to Afrobeta and Magic City Hippies.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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
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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 28 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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