jam session

jam session (plural jam sessions)

1. (music) An informal gathering of musicians to play music, especially improvised jazz or a similar genre.

   Coordinate term: (folk music) hootenanny

   • 2016, C. Victor Fung, Lisa J. Lehmberg, Music for Life, page 170:

     There were some prerehearsals in small groups, but more often they were put together on the spot or just minutes prior to the practice jam sessions.

• → Portuguese: jam session
• → Spanish: jam session
• → Polish: jam session

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʐɛmˈsɛ.ʂɘn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʂɘn
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jam session n (indeclinable)

1. (music) jam session

• jam session in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jam session in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

jam session f (plural jam sessions)

1. (music) jam (impromptu informal performance or practice session)

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

jam session f (plural jam sessions)

1. jam session

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.