Cap'n Jazz are an emo/punk band formed in the early 1990s in Buffalo Grove, IL by high school friends Tim Kinsella (vocals), Victor Villareal (guitar), and Sam Zurick (bass), along with Tim's younger brother Mike (drums). 

The group released their lone LP (Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards in the Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We’ve Slipped on, and Egg Shells We’ve Tippy Toed Over) in the spring of 1995 and broke up while on tour later that summer. 

Members would continue making music in bands like The Promise Ring, Joan of Arc, American Football, Owls and Owen.