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Wikipedia / Zooma

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 lap steel guitar playing.

Track listing

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

Critical reception

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

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