Zooma

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.

Zooma
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
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

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

See also

References

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