Zooma

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Zooma
John Paul Jones - Zooma.jpg
Studio album by
Released6 September 1999
RecordedThe Malthouse, London
Skip Saylor Studio, Los Angeles
Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas
Air Studios, London
GenreInstrumental rock
Length47:42
LabelDiscipline Global Mobile
ProducerJohn Paul Jones
John Paul Jones chronology
The Sporting Life
(1994)
Zooma
(1999)
The Thunderthief
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars [1]
Rolling Stone3/5 stars [2]

Zooma is a 1999 instrumental rock album by John Paul Jones, best known as the bassist and keyboardist of Led Zeppelin. It is Jones' first solo album.

Track listing[]

All tracks written, composed and arranged by John Paul Jones.

No.TitleLength
1."Zooma"5:52
2."Grind"5:20
3."The Smile of Your Shadow"5:50
4."Goose"4:58
5."Bass 'N' Drums"2:32
6."B. Fingers"5:26
7."Snake Eyes"7:32
8."Nosumi Blues"5:48
9."Tidal"4:20
10."Fanfare for the Millennium" (bonus track for Japanese releases)1:02

Personnel[]

Adapted from the Zooma liner notes:

  • John Paul Jones – 10 string bass (1, 4, 6, 9); 12 string bass (2, 3); 4 string bass (5, 7, 8); electric mandola (1); Kyma (1, 2, 4, 7, 9); spoken word (2); mandola (3); bass lap steel (3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10); guitars (6); organ solo (7); string arrangement and conducting (7)
  • Pete Thomasdrums (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
  • Paul Leary – guitar solo (1)
  • Trey Gunntouch guitar solo (2, 6)
  • Mo Jones – spoken word (2)
  • Denny Fongheiser – djembe (3); drums (5)
  • London Symphony Orchestra – strings (7)
  • Stuart Sullivan – Recording engineer
  • – Recording engineer
  • Brian Foraker – Recording engineer
  • Geoff Foster – Recording engineer
  • Akio Morishima – design
  • Amy & Tanveer – photography

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Zooma at AllMusic
  2. ^ [1] Archived November 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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