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

 

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
• Japanese: ジャム (ja) (jamu), ジャムセッション (jamusesshon)
• Maori: tautangitangihanga
• Polish: jam session (pl) n
• Russian: джем-се́йшен (ru) m (džem-sɛ́jšen)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʐɛmˈsɛʂɨn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʂɨn

Noun

jam session n (indeclinable)

1. (music) jam session

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)

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

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.