jam session

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Recent Examples of jam session Friday night’s program centers on performances by the Bay Area’s Aux Cajunals (featuring Eric and Suzy Thompson) and south Louisiana’s Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, with an evening-concluding jam session. Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 Come for just an evening show, or stay longer on the campgrounds for a chance to catch an impromptu fireside jam session. Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026 Two guitar greats, Slash and Joe Bonamassa, teamed up Thursday night for a bluesy jam session as part of the Soho Sessions. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026 In Toad’s smaller Lilly’s Pad area, there is an extended jam session featuring songs by Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath in honor of Osbourne’s death last year. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jam session
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Noun
  • Karla Brustad has put on sing-alongs, strum alongs, hootenannies and all sorts of free community jams, getting folks singing and playing the ukulele.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the season opener against Lemont, Sokolnicki entered the game with two runners on base and no outs in the top of the seventh inning and worked his way out of the jam with just three pitches.
    Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The church annually has a songfest following Dec. 25, which actually begins the Christmas season, but this one will honor the Rev. Wally Hyclak, who is retiring Jan. 1.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names.
    Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 29 May 2018
Noun
  • The festival is funded in part by the city of Charlotte, with additional support from the Hispanic Federation.
    Adam Bell April 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Gables hosts events, festivals and activities throughout its downtown year-round to help draw in crowds not just to the Mile, but also to other streets across the city, including Restaurant Row on Giralda Avenue.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026

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