Zooma

Zooma
Studio album by John Paul Jones
Released	6 September 1999
Recorded	The Malthouse, London Skip Saylor Studio, Los Angeles Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas Air Studios, London
Genre	Instrumental rock, progressive rock, hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal
Length	47:42
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
Producer	John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones chronology
The Sporting Life (1994) Zooma (1999) The Thunderthief (2001)

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

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
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
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone

The album had good and very good reviews by 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

See also

• John Paul Jones Official Website