''Zooma'' is the 1999 debut solo album by English musician

John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. He made many friends among U.S political elites ( ...

, best known as the bassist and keyboardist of

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. The album is primarily composed of

instrumental rock Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing. Examples of instrumental rock can be found in practically every subgenre of rock, often from musicians who specialize in the style. Instr ...

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: *

– 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) *

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– guitar solo (1) *

Trey Gunn Trey Gunn (born December 13, 1960) is an American musician, known for his membership in the progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick. Biography A native Texan who now resides in Seattle, Washi ...

–

touch guitar The touch guitar is a stringed instrument of the guitar family which has been designed to use a fretboard-tapping playing style. Touch guitars are meant to be touched or tapped, not strummed. History The touch or tapping technique was formally ...

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

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Track listing

Critical reception

Personnel

See also

References