jam session

English

Noun

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.

Related terms

• jam
• jam band
• jamming
• jam out
• jam sesh

Descendants

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

Translations

impromptu informal performance

• French: jam session (fr) f, bœuf (fr) m
• German: Jamsession (de) f, Jam Session f
• Hebrew: ג׳אם סשן m (jém séshen), ג׳אמינג m (jéming)
• Japanese: ジャム (ja) (jamu), ジャムセッション (jamusesshon)
• Māori: tautangitangihanga
• Polish: jam session (pl) n
• Russian: джем-се́йшен (ru) m (džem-sɛ́jšen)
• Swedish: jamsession (sv) c

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʐɛmˈsɛ.ʂɘn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʂɘn
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Noun

jam session n (indeclinable)

1. (music) jam session

Further reading

• “jam session”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “jam session”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

Noun

jam session f (plural jam sessions)

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌʝam ˈseʃjon/ [ˌɟ͡ʝãm ˈse.ʃjõn]

• IPA^(key): /ˌʝam ˈseʃjon/ [ˌɟ͡ʝãm ˈse.ʃjõn] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˌʃam ˈseʃjon/ [ˌʃãm ˈse.ʃjõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌʒam ˈseʃjon/ [ˌʒãm ˈse.ʃjõn] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

Noun

jam session f (plural jam sessions)

1. jam session

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.