Some of you missed the "rock" criterion in the description. I know jazz and experimental bands jam. That's practically their raison d'etre. I'm interested in rock bands, ostensibly confined by the relatively narrow strictures and demands of the genre, succeeding in playing long songs without losing your attention or their momentum.

foo fighters

q and not u

the roots (the dropped-on-a-dime "Appache" segways kill me)

Jurassic 5, Gift to Gab (i'm going to count good freestyling as the hip hop equivalent to "jamming without wanking")

wilco

animal collective

radiohead

deerhoof

that lady from magik markers who punches people in the face for no reason (i remember reading how her whole guitar style is based on the opposite of a guy jerking off [implication being that's how all the rock guys play])

Rumah Sakit

Del Rey

Grand Ulena

Sunburned Hand Of The Man

i wuld say shellac.. and i'm not sure if i'm talking bout improv

Tia Carrera

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juice wrote:Tia Carrera

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Oh HELL YEAH!

I love this band. Caught them in Brooklyn last year and they were damn good. Really wish they'd come back.

dirty three
bardo pond
lightning bolt
last exit (jazz, i know...)
van morrison
...

iodizedsalt wrote:lightning bolt

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Ahh...if we're going that route, also:

Mind Flayer
Wounded Head
Gorge Trio
P.I.L. (Metal Box, I'm thinking)
Metalux
Crack, We Are Rock
Henry Cow (well, it's charted jamming...)
Magma
Skullflower
Jimi Hendrix

...and about half of my record collection. I'll be late for work if I type it all in...

Clutch!

Yeah.....Can.