Zooma
{{Short description|Album by John Paul Jones}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Zooma
| type = studio
| artist = John Paul Jones
| cover = John Paul Jones - Zooma.jpg
| alt =
| released = 6 September 1999
| recorded = *The Malthouse, London
- Skip Saylor Studio, Los Angeles
- Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas
- AIR Studios, London
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Instrumental rock, progressive rock, hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal
| length = 47:42
| label = Discipline Global Mobile
| producer = John Paul Jones
| prev_title = The Sporting Life
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = The Thunderthief
| next_year = 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.
{{track listing
| title1 = Zooma
| length1 = 5:52
| title2 = Grind
| length2 = 5:20
| title3 = The Smile of Your Shadow
| length3 = 5:50
| title4 = Goose
| length4 = 4:58
| title5 = Bass 'n' Drums
| length5 = 2:32
| title6 = B. Fingers
| length6 = 5:26
| title7 = Snake Eyes
| length7 = 7:32
| title8 = Nosumi Blues
| length8 = 5:48
| title9 = Tidal
| length9 = 4:20
| title10 = Fanfare for the Millennium
| note10 = bonus track for Japanese releases
| length10 = 1:02
}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r430498/review}}
| rev2 = 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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.johnpauljones.com John Paul Jones official website]
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Category:John Paul Jones (musician) albums
Category:Instrumental rock albums
Category:Progressive rock albums by British artists