Zooma

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

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.

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

Personnel

Adapted from the Zooma liner notes:

• John Paul Jones – 4-, 10- and 12-string bass guitar, organ solo ("Snake Eyes"), guitars ("B. Fingers"), electric mandola ("Zooma", "The Smile of Your Shadow"), bass lap steel ("The Smile of Your Shadow", "Snake Eyes", "Nosumi Blues", "Tidal"), Kyma, spoken word ("Grind"), string arrangement and conducting ("Snake Eyes")
• Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
• Paul Leary – guitar solo ("Zooma")
• Trey Gunn – guitar solo ("Grind", "B. Fingers")
• London Symphony Orchestra - strings ("Snake Eyes")
• Denny Fongheiser – djembe ("The Smile of Your Shadow"), drums ("Bass 'N' Drums")
• Mo Jones - spoken word ("Grind")
• 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

References

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