List of jam bands
The following is a list of notable jam bands, or bands on the jam-band circuit. Jam band performances often feature extended musical improvisation ("jams") over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music that cross genre boundaries.[1]
Jam bands[]
0–9[]
A[]
Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit, October 2004
- Acoustic Syndicate
- Al and The Transamericans
- Allman Brothers Band
- Amfibian
- Animal Liberation Orchestra
- Aquarium Rescue Unit
- Aqueous
- Assembly of Dust
- Ataxia
B[]
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington, August 1, 2007
- Back Door Slam
- BADBADNOTGOOD
- The Band
- Band of Gypsys
- Banyan
- Barefoot Truth
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
- Benevento/Russo Duo
- Bernie Worrell & the WOO Warriors
- Big Gigantic
- Big Something
- Big Tasty
- Billy Strings
- Big Head Todd and the Monsters
- Billy and the Kids
- The Big Wu
- BK3
- Black Midi
- The Black Crowes
- Blackberry Smoke
- Blues Project
- Blues Traveler
- Bobby and the Midnites
- The Bomb Squad
- BoomBox
- The Brakes
- The Brew
- The Bridge
- Buckethead
- Brothers Past
C[]
- The Cardinals
- Carl Broemel
- Caravan
- CBDB
- Centipede
- Chris Robinson Brotherhood
- Clutch
- The Codetalkers
- Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
- Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
- Consider the Source
- Counting Crows
- Country Joe and the Fish
D[]
Dave Matthews Band: Dave Matthews, Boyd Tinsley, and Butch Taylor in Melbourne during their first tour of Australia
- Dark Star Orchestra
- Dave Matthews Band
- David Nelson Band
- The Dead
- Dead & Company
- Deep Banana Blackout
- Derek and the Dominos
- Derek Trucks Band
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- The Disco Biscuits
- Dispatch
- Donavon Frankenreiter
- Donna Jean Godchaux Band
- Dopapod
- DJ Logic
- Donna the Buffalo
- Dr. Dan Matrazzo and the Looters
E[]
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
- The Egg
- Ekoostik hookah
- El Michels Affair
- Electric Apricot
- The Electric Co.
- EOTO
- The Expendables
F[]
- Family Groove Company
- Fat Freddy's Drop
- Freddy Jones Band
- Fungus Amungus
- Furthur
- Future Rock
G[]
Gov't Mule performing in 2008
H[]
I[]
- Infamous Stringdusters
- Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
J[]
- Jack Johnson
- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
- Jam Camp
- Jazz Is Dead
- Jazz Mandolin Project
- Jefferson Airplane
- Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
- Jerry Garcia Band
- JGB
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- The Jimmy Swift Band
- Joe Russo's Almost Dead
- John Brown's Body
- The John Butler Trio
- Jupiter Coyote
K[]
L[]
- Lake Trout
- Leaf Hound
- Led Zeppelin
- Leftover Salmon
- Legion of Mary
- Les Claypool
- Lettuce
- Little Barrie
- Little Feat
- Liquid Soul
- Lotus
M[]
moe. tuning their instruments between songs on March 3, 2007
N[]
The North Mississippi Allstars in a wedding reception performance in Gunnison, Mississippi, 1999
- New Deal
- New Grass Revival
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
- New Monsoon
- Nickel Creek
- North Mississippi All-Stars
- The New Mastersounds
O[]
- Old & In the Way
- Oteil Burbridge
- The Other Ones
- Oysterhead
- Ozric Tentacles
- O.A.R.
P[]
Phish
- Particle
- Pat McGee Band
- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Pavement
- Perpetual Groove
- Phil Lesh and Friends
- Phish
- Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
- Pink Floyd[2]
- Polyphonic Spree
- Pnuma Trio
- Primus[3]
- Pseudopod
Q[]
R[]
- The Radiators
- Railroad Earth
- RAQ
- Ratdog
- Reconstruction
- Return To Forever
- Rhythm Devils
- Robert Randolph and the Family Band
- Rodrigo Y Gabriela
- Roster McCabe
- Rubber Souldiers
- Rusted Root
- RX Bandits
S[]
Slightly Stoopid, Summer Haze 2007 tour
- Santana
- The Samples
- SerialPod
- Sister Hazel
- Slightly Stoopid
- The Slip
- Soulhat
- Soulfarm
- Soulive
- Soul Rebels Brass Band
- Sound Tribe Sector 9
- Spafford
- Spyro Gyra
- The Spin Doctors
- State Radio
- Steve Kimock Band
- Stockholm Syndrome
- Strangefolk
- The String Cheese Incident
T[]
U[]
Umphrey's McGee in April 2007
V[]
- Vampire Weekend
- Vetiver
- Vida Blue
- Vulfpeck
W[]
X[]
Y[]
Z[]
See also[]
- Lists of musicians
- List of guitars
References[]
- ^ "What is a jam band?". Jambands.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
- ^ Greene, Andy (March 25, 2015). "Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Jam Bands". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ Harris, Kyle (July 16, 2018). "Primus Announces a Second Denver Run in 2018". Westword. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ "Quicksilver Messenger Service's LIVE AT THE OLD MILL TAVERN - MARCH 29, 1970 Recording Set for 8/27 Release". Broadway World. August 13, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
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