[4] She was the first African American appointed as Director of Music at Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago,[5] and an influence on a number of significant figures while there,[6] including Harold Washington[7][8] and Timuel Black.

When she finally appeared before the examiners they sat fully five minutes quite dumb looking at this apparition of a petite brown woman.

In April, 1920, in spite of the opposition of the white principal, Mrs. Jones was finally appointed musical director in that school, January 31, 1921.

[16] Another student, Dan Burley, described the dedication of the staff at Wendell Phillips High School, singling out Bryant Jones in particular.

[17] He recalled how these 'extraordinary' teachers taught an 'all black student body... to appreciate our musical background, while they prepared us to go out into the world and make our own way in it.

'[17] In 1931, at the Competition Festival of the Senior High School Choral groups of the city of Chicago, held at Orchestra Hall, the 55-strong choir led and trained by Bryant Jones won.

[7]In 1935, Bryant Jones received a Master of Arts degree from Loyola University Chicago, with a thesis on 'The Relation of Thaddeus Stevens to Reconstruction, 1865–1868'.