His extensive research is credited with definitively establishing and documenting Louis Armstrong's correct birth date, August 4, 1901.
While earning a degree in Communications at Loyola, Jones was named Music Director of the university's radio station, WLDC and served from 1971-74.
This, in turn, gained the attention and influenced the programming of numerous record companies and album-oriented rock and jazz broadcast outlets through the United States.
Jones contributed significantly to fostering and researching American rhythm & blues, early rock & roll and jazz.
Jones co-authored the history of post-World War II New Orleans Rhythm and Blues, Up from the Cradle of Jazz, with Jason Berry and Johnathan Foose.