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.
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Jam bands
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A
- Acoustic Syndicate
- Al and The Transamericans
- Allman Brothers Band
- Amfibian
- Animal Liberation Orchestra
- Aquarium Rescue Unit
- Assembly of Dust
- Ataxia
B
- 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 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
- Country Joe and the Fish
D
- 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
- The Doobie Brothers
E
- The Egg
- Ekoostik hookah
- El Michels Affair
- Electric Apricot
- ELO
- The Electric Co.
- EOTO
- The Expendables
F
- Family Groove Company
- Fat Freddy's Drop
- Fleetwood Mac
- Freddy Jones Band
- Fungus Amungus
- Furthur
- Future Rock
G
- G. Love & Special Sauce
- G-Nome Project
- Gabe Dixon Band
- Galactic
- Garage A Trois
- Garaj Mahal
- Ghosts of Jupiter
- Ghost Light
- Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
- Glass Harp
- God Street Wine
- Gong
- Goose
- Gov't Mule
- Grateful Dead
- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- The Grapes
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Guerilla Toss
H
I
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
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
- Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
- Keller Williams
- Khruangbin
- Kingfish
- Kikagaku Moyo
- Kudzu Kings
- KVHW
L
- Lake Trout
- Leaf Hound
- Leftover Salmon
- Legion of Mary
- Les Claypool
- Lettuce
- Little Barrie
- Little Feat
- Liquid Soul
- Lotus
M
- Maktub
- Man
- The Marshall Tucker Band
- Matisyahu
- Matt Schofield
- Max Creek
- The McLovins
- Medeski Martin & Wood
- Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
- Mercury Rev
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Mickey Hart
- Mike Gordon
- moe.
- Mofro
- Molly Hatchet
- Moshav
- The Motet
- The Mother Hips
- Moon Taxi
- Mr. Blotto
- My Morning Jacket
N
- New Deal
- New Grass Revival
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
- New Monsoon
- Nickel Creek
- North Mississippi All-Stars
- The New Mastersounds
O
P
- Particle
- Pat McGee Band
- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Perpetual Groove
- Phil Lesh and Friends
- Phish
- Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
- Polyphonic Spree
- Pnuma Trio
- 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
- Santana
- The Samples
- Schleigho
- 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
- Sublime
T
- Tauk
- Tea Leaf Green
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Ten Ton Chicken
- Ten Years After
- The Bright Light Social Hour
- The New Mastersounds
- Traffic
- Trampled By Turtles
- Trey Anastasio Band
- Trigon
- Twiddle
- Traveling Wilburys
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See also
References
- "What is a jam band?". Jambands.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
- "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.