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Album by John Paul Jones

Zooma
Studio album by John Paul Jones
Released6 September 1999
Recorded
  • The Malthouse, London
  • Skip Saylor Studio, Los Angeles
  • Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas
  • AIR Studios, London
GenreInstrumental rock, progressive rock, hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal
Length47:42
LabelDiscipline Global Mobile
ProducerJohn Paul Jones
John Paul Jones chronology
The Sporting Life
(1994) 		Zooma
(1999) 		The Thunderthief
(2001)

Zooma is the 1999 debut solo album by English musician John Paul Jones, best known as the bassist and keyboardist of Led Zeppelin. The album consists of rhythmically focused instrumentals, highlighting Jones’ aggressive bass guitar and pedal steel guitar playing.

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Rolling Stone

The album received positive reviews from AllMusic and Rolling Stone.

Personnel

Adapted from the Zooma liner notes, the recording personnel was as follows:

  • 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 Thomas – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
  • Paul Leary – guitar solo (1)
  • Trey Gunn – touch guitar solo (2, 6)
  • Mo Jones – spoken word (2)
  • Denny Fongheiser – djembe (3); drums (5)
  • London Symphony Orchestra – strings (7)

The technical personnel was as follows:

  • Stuart Sullivan – recording engineer
  • Richard Evans – recording engineer
  • Brian Foraker – recording engineer
  • Geoff Foster – recording engineer
  • Akio Morishima – design
  • Amy & Tanveer – photography

References

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

External links

John Paul Jones
Studio albums
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