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Description

Jam is a rock-oriented genre emphasizing extended improvisational passages and live performance over studio recordings. Born from 1960s psychedelic rock and the Grateful Dead's legacy, it thrives on spontaneous musical exploration and audience interaction. The sound blends elements of rock, jazz, funk, and blues into lengthy, evolving compositions.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
7		1970	The Trio	The Trio (2003-2004)	acoustic alternative blues country cuban disco electronica folk gospel italiana jam latin pop rnb rock rockabilly salsa soul soundtrack spanish guitar swing traditional	cuban # 9 spanish guitar # 69
66		1971	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Mirror Man	alternative american blues jam progressive rock proto-punk rock	proto-punk # 38
76		1971	Grateful Dead	Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)	classic rock jam rock
41		1973	Hot Tuna	The Phosphorescent Rat	acoustic american blues classic rock folk folk rock jam jam band rock	jam band # 28
50		1975-05	Hot Tuna	America's Choice	acoustic american blues classic rock folk folk rock jam jam band rock	jam band # 45
31		1975-11	Hot Tuna	Yellow Fever	acoustic american blues classic rock folk folk rock jam jam band rock	jam band # 23
37		1976	Hot Tuna	Hoppkorv	acoustic american blues blues rock classic rock folk folk rock jam jam band rock	jam band # 27
20		1986	Jonas Hellborg	Zenhouse	ambient arabic bass dark jazz ethnic improvisation indian jam jazz fusion minimalism oriental world world fusion	improvisation # 55 oriental # 57
75		1988-11-04	Fleetwood Mac	Blues Jam In Chicago - Volume 1	blues rock british rock classic rock hard rock jam usa	british rock # 90
79		1989	Fleetwood Mac	Blues Jam In Chicago - Volume 2	blues blues rock british rock classic rock hard rock jam usa	british rock # 92
12		1989	The Radiators	Zig-Zaggin' Through Ghostland	jam rock n roll
84		1991-04-01	Lenny Kravitz	Mama Said	rock
67		1991-08-01	Pearl Jam	Alive	jam
14		1992	Sublime	40 Oz. to Freedom: Sublime	jam rock ska
18		1992	Chris Morris	On the Hour	jam
80		1992	Rusted Root	Cruel Sun	acoustic alternative folk folk rock jam
46		1992-02-18	Phish	A Picture of Nectar	progressive rock rock	jam band # 41
89		1993-02-02	Phish	Rift	rock college rock jam	college rock # 90
56		1994-07-19	Jamie Foxx	Peep This	jam rnb soul
78		1995	Pearl Jam	Crown of Thorns	grunge jam rock
11		1995	Pearl Jam	1994-04-17: New York, NY, USA
48		1995-01	The Herbaliser	The Herbaliser Band - Session 1 & 2	instrumental jam jazz
16		1995-05-05	Victims Family	4 Great Thrash Songs	hardcore jam jazzcore	jazzcore # 72
29		1996	The Egg	Albumen	jam
71		1996	Dave Matthews Band	Mixes	jam rock
30		1996-07-30	Galactic	Coolin' Off	funk jazz
91		1996-10-15	Phish	Billy Breathes	jam band rock	jam band # 96
97		1996-10-15	moe.	No Doy	jam rock
88		1997-03-26	JUDY AND MARY	The Power Source	jam ska
38		1998	Phish	The Man Who Stepped Into Yeste	jam jam band rock	jam band # 10
55		1998	Gilberto Gil	Copacabana Mon Amour	acid folk brazil jam soundtrack	acid folk # 94
100		1998-10-27	Phish	The Story of the Ghost	jam rock
10		1999	Garage a Trois	Mysteryfunk	funk fusion jam jazz rock
90		1999	Leftover Salmon	The Nashville Sessions	jam
9		2001	Dave Matthews Band	The Central Park Concert (Disc1)	jam
23		2001	Pearl Jam	2000-06-03: SE & CC Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (disc 1) (#7)
32		2001-10-23	Stinking Lizaveta	III	instrumental jam math rock trio	trio # 84
4		2002	The Motet	Live	afrobeat funk jam jazz latin samba
22		2002	Gov't Mule	Deepest End (1)	jam rock
87		2002-04-16	My Morning Jacket	Chocolate and Ice EP	electronic jam rock
5		2002-06	Tom Hancock	Blue Awakening	jam
70		2002-11-05	State Radio	Flag of the Shiners EP	funk jam reggae rock
99		2002-11-12	Blues Traveler	Travelogue: Blues Traveler Classics	blues rock jam jam band rock	blues rock # 10 jam band # 97
81		2002-12-10	Phish	Round Room	jam rock jam band	jam band # 70
2		2003	Dave Matthews Band	The Central Park Concert (Disc2)	jam
13		2003	Dave Matthews Band	The Central Park Concert (Disc3)	jam
25		2003	New Monsoon	Downstream	jam
86		2003-05-13	Lotus	Germination	ambient downtempo jam
15		2004	Widespread Panic	Uber Cobra	jam band southern rock jam	jam band # 30
8		2004	Fleetwood Mac	Blues Jam In Chicago	blues rock jam
53		2004	Dispatch	Four Day Trials	alternative funk jam rock
54		2004-03-08	The John Butler Trio	Sunrise over the sea
98		2004-06-29	Umphrey's McGee	Anchor Drops	jam rock jam band	jam band # 85
59		2004-06-29	Dave Matthews Band	The Gorge	jam
57		2004-08-24	O.A.R.	34th & 8th	alternative rock jam jam band rock	jam band # 56
19		2004-10-12	North Mississippi Allstars	Hill Country Revue: Live At Bonnaroo	blues rock jam
95		2004-11-16	Pearl Jam	Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003	alternative rock grunge hard rock jam
73		2005-03-15	Better Than Ezra	Greatest Hits	alternative rock college rock acoustic rock	acoustic pop # 63 acoustic rock # 79 college rock # 97
68		2005-04-05	Benevento/Russo Duo	Best Reason To Buy The Sun	jam
72		2005-11-29	Dave Matthews Band	Weekend On The Rocks	jam
26		2006-01-20	Ripplegroove	Under The Microscope	funk jam jazz jazz fusion rock
94		2006-10-31	Tea Leaf Green	Rock 'N' Roll Band	jam
82		2006-11-22	SPECIAL OTHERS	Good Morning	instrumental jam japanese rock jazz rock post-rock	jazz rock # 52 japanese rock # 85
92		2007-02-06	Keller Williams	dream	jam
52		2007-03-23	The John Butler Trio	Grand National	folk rock	aussie # 80 banjo # 90 slide guitar # 92
74		2007-04-17	State Radio	The Barn Sessions	jam reggae rock
69		2007-06-06	SPECIAL OTHERS	Star	jam japanese
96		2007-07-24	Trey Anastasio	The Horseshoe Curve	flute funk jam jazz fusion rock trombone	jazz fusion # 37 flute # 99 trombone # 100
6		2008	Pearl Jam	Jun 29 03 #60 Montreal	alternative grunge jam rock seattle
58		2008-02-05	Carolyn Wonderland	Miss Understood	austin blues blues rock jam singer-songwriter texas trio	texas # 63 austin # 94 trio # 96
28		2008-08-13	Kroakers	Ruined and Going Downhill	ambient bass beat california canada chillout darkwave downbeat drone electro electronic electronica feminist garage garage rock glitch grime grunge hard rock hardcore industrial instrumental jam jam band lo-fi london metal mexico minimalism new york no wave noise noise rock post-grunge post-punk post-rock psychobilly punk rock rock screamo singer-songwriter soundtrack stoner rock	jam band # 20 beat # 54 downbeat # 56 feminist # 82
39		2008-08	The Brew	The Joker	blues blues rock british guitar virtuoso hard rock jam rock
45		2008-12-02	Stanton Moore	Take It To The Street (The Music)	jam new orleans	new orleans # 45
34		2009	Perpetual Groove	Heal	jam jam band	jam band # 26
63		2009	Various Artists	Home Grown 5: Totally Live	jam jam band rock	jam band # 63
83		2009-01-20	Umphrey's McGee	ZONKEY	funk funk rock jam jam band progressive rock rock	funk rock # 44 jam band # 81
60		2009-07-05	Dave Matthews Band	Europe 2009	jam
62		2009-09-08	Phish	Joy	rock
61		2010-03	SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS	6	asian pop funk j-pop jam japanese jazz
42		2010-09-28	Purling Hiss	Hissteria	drone rock garage rock jam lo-fi	drone rock # 69
36		2011-01-18	Roomful Of Blues	Hook, Line & Sinker
35		2012-01-20	moe.	WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LA LAs	jam
77		2012-08	Dave Matthews Band	Away From The World	alternative rock usa	usa # 46
40		2013	Grateful Dead	Dead Set	classic rock
85		2014-03-31	Jeremy Loops	Trading Change	jam
64		2014-06-24	Phish	Fuego	rock jam jam band	jam band # 64
43		2014-07-08	Earthless Meets Heavy Blanket	In a Dutch Haze	instrumental jam psychedelic rock space rock
93		2015-02-17	Guster	Collection	jam jam band progressive rock	jam band # 89
49		2015-04-21	Spin Doctors	Pocket Full Of Kryptonite (Anniversary Edition)	funk rock	jam band # 44 funk rock # 69
47		2017-09-01	Bush	The Best of '94 - '99	alternative rock jam
21		2017-11-10	Pearl Jam	Mar 3 03 #13 Tokyo	jam
44		2020-12-14	Dave Matthews Band	DMB Live Trax Vol. 13	jam
51		2021-01-08	Goose	2019.11.16 Buffalo, NY		jam band # 47
17		2024-09	Goose	Bingo Tour	funk jam rock
33		2024-09	Goose	Ted Tapes 2021	funk instrumental jam rock
3			The Delta Rasa	The Delta Rasa	bass classic rock guitarist hard rock jam metal minneapolis minnesota rock trio	guitarist # 67 trio # 72 minnesota # 78 minneapolis # 83
24			Michael Garlington	Baloney Pony!!!!!!	acoustic alternative american americana anti-folk bluegrass country dixieland emo folk garage hardcore improvisation jam lo-fi memphis new orleans pop psychobilly roots san francisco soul soundtrack	new orleans # 9 roots # 16 san francisco # 46 memphis # 47 anti-folk # 58 improvisation # 58 dixieland # 79
27			Angerbox	Superaro	alternative alternative metal alternative rock american american underground americana argentina classic rock doom metal emo garage rock glam rock gothic metal grunge hard rock hardcore indie pop jam metal metalcore modern rock new wave nu metal pop pop rock post-grunge post-punk power metal progressive rock punk rock rock seattle soundtrack stoner rock thrash metal	american underground # 62
65			STS9	The Universe Inside	ambient electronic jam jam band	jam band # 65
1			Replica Sounds	Progress	jam japan

Related genres

• rock
• funk
• blues
• jazz
• instrumental
• alternative
• jam band
• electronic
• pop
• folk