title: Zooma
text: # 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 is primarily composed of instrumental rock.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks written, composed, and arranged by John Paul Jones.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | 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
  