Tenacious D
Jazz

Listening notes

Tenacious D released "Jazz" on Columbia Records in 2012, catalogued as 88765-40510-1. The release is a vinyl format single or EP, listed under the genres of Jazz, Jazz-Rock, and Rock.

The release presents an unusual structural proposition: Side A contains a single track, "Simply Jazz," running at eleven minutes and thirty-six seconds. Side B, titled "Nothing On Side B," carries no listed duration, suggesting the label itself is making a declarative statement about the absence of audio content on that side rather than identifying a conventional track. Whether this reflects a deliberate conceptual decision or a practical one is not addressed by available documentation.

At over eleven minutes, "Simply Jazz" is a substantial piece relative to a conventional single, and its genre classifications — spanning Jazz, Jazz-Rock, and Rock — place it at a crossroads that is at minimum worth noting for collectors interested in any of those categories. Tenacious D, the duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, had by 2012 established a recorded output on major labels, and this release arrived on Columbia, one of the longer-standing major labels in recorded music history.

Beyond the catalog number, label, year, format, and tracklist as documented, further specifics about this release — including personnel, pressing details, or production context — are not confirmed in the available information and are therefore not addressed here. Collectors or researchers seeking additional detail on this release should consult primary sources or label documentation directly.

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