Jones attended the
BRIT School in
Croydon, England. He cites
Paul McCartney and
John Deacon among his influences. He also admires
Jaco Pastorius and
James Jamerson for their "technicality". Prior to the Feeling signing to Island Records in 2005, Jones worked primarily as a session bass guitarist and toured as a member of
Sophie Ellis-Bextor's band in 2001–2003 to promote her 2001 album
Read My Lips. An April 2002 concert from
Shepherd's Bush Empire featuring Jones was released on DVD as
Watch My Lips. He also appears frequently on a bonus feature on the DVD, a video diary about life on the road during the tour. Since then Jones has played bass on all of Ellis-Bextor's studio albums and on many tours in between work with the Feeling. As a member of the Feeling, Jones won Songwriter of the Year in 2007 at the
Ivor Novello Awards. In 2010, Jones co-founded and curated the Little World music festival held in 2010/11 in
Meribel, France. He performed in the closing ceremony of the
2012 Olympic Games on 12 August 2012 with
Ed Sheeran,
Nick Mason and
Mike Rutherford. During 2016–17, Jones joined
Bryan Adams' band on bass guitar duties during the Get Up tour as cover for long term bassist Norm Fischer. In 2018,
Ed Harcourt and Jones co-organised a fundraising concert to help raise funds to save the All Star Boxing gym in Queen's Park from closure. In 2019, Jones played bass guitar as part of the band for the 'A Not So Silent Night' Christmas concerts in Dublin and London with
Rufus Wainwright,
Martha Wainwright,
Chrissie Hynde,
Guy Garvey and
Neil Tennant which were held to benefit the
Kate McGarrigle fund. In 2019, Jones announced the formation of new group Loup Garoux with long-term collaborator and friend
Ed Harcourt and drummer of
Senseless Things and
Gorillaz,
Cass Browne. The band played their first live dates supporting
Supergrass in March 2020. Jones put together the CarFest Supergroup, on behalf of Virgin radio DJ
Chris Evans, who released a live double album for the anniversary of Evans'
music and motoring festival with the profits going to a number of charities including the Teenage Cancer Trust and the Starlight Children's Foundation. Vocalists/musicians on the album include Sophie Ellis-Bextor,
Roger Daltrey,
KT Tunstall,
Gary Kemp and
Ricky Wilson. In 2020, during the
COVID-19 pandemic, Jones and his wife
Sophie Ellis-Bextor broadcast live weekly "Kitchen Disco" concerts featuring themselves and their family, streamed live from their kitchen on Instagram. According to Ellis-Bextor, Jones came up with the concept and also films, edits and deals with the technical aspects of the broadcasts as well as appearing wearing animal masks. ==Personal life==