jam session
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English
Noun
jam session (plural jam sessions)
- (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.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: jam session
- → Spanish: jam session
- → Polish: jam session
Translations
impromptu informal performance
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Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.
Pronunciation
Noun
jam session n (indeclinable)
Further reading
- jam session in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jam session in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.
Noun
jam session f (plural jam sessions)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.
Pronunciation
Noun
jam session f (plural jam sessions)
Usage notes
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.