Editing John Paul Jones (musician) (section)

==== Formation ====
During his time as a session player, Jones often crossed paths with guitarist [[Jimmy Page]],<ref>''"... I set about recording ''16 HIP HITS'' at Regent Sound with ... John Paul Jones playing bass and arranging and ... Jimmy Page on guitars ..."'', said [[Andrew Loog Oldham]] in his book ''STONED'' ({{ISBN|0-312-26653-7}}), page 323.</ref> a fellow session veteran. In June 1966, Page joined [[the Yardbirds]], and in 1967 Jones contributed to that band's ''[[Little Games]]'' album. The following winter, during the sessions for [[Donovan]]'s ''[[The Hurdy Gurdy Man]]'', Jones expressed to Page a desire to be part of any projects the guitarist might be planning.<ref name="RSbio">{{cite magazine |title=Led Zeppelin Biography |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ledzeppelin/biography |access-date=9 September 2009 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412110101/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ledzeppelin/biography |archive-date=12 April 2009}}</ref> Later that year, the Yardbirds disbanded, leaving Page and bassist [[Chris Dreja]] to complete previously booked Yardbirds dates in Scandinavia. Before a new band could be assembled, Dreja left to take up photography. Jones, at the suggestion of his wife,<ref name=Miserandino/> asked Page about the vacant position, and the guitarist eagerly invited Jones to collaborate. Page later explained:

{{blockquote|I was working at the sessions for Donovan's ''Hurdy Gurdy Man'', and John Paul Jones was looking after the musical arrangements. During a break, he asked me if I could use a bass player in the new group I was forming. He had a proper music training, and he had quite brilliant ideas. I jumped at the chance of getting him.<ref name=RS1985>{{cite magazine |last=Davis |first=Stephen |title=Power, Mystery and the Hammer of the Gods: The Rise and Fall of Led Zeppelin |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=451 |date=4 July 1985 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ledzeppelin/articles/story/17537975/power_mystery_and_the_hammer_of_the_gods |access-date=15 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128165609/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ledzeppelin/articles/story/17537975/power_mystery_and_the_hammer_of_the_gods |archive-date=28 January 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}

Vocalist [[Robert Plant]] and drummer [[John Bonham]] joined the two to form a [[quartet]]. Initially dubbed the "New Yardbirds" for the [[Led Zeppelin Scandinavian Tour 1968|Scandinavian dates]], the band soon became known as Led Zeppelin.