Chris Jones learned to play upright and electric bass while growing up in Portland, Oregon. He then earned a degree in music performance from New School University in New York City, where he performed with Robert Glasper, Jeremy Pelt, Joe Chambers and many others. His next stop was in Tokyo, where he spent eight years playing on the Japanese jazz and rock scenes. Since 2008 he has lived in Austin, where he keeps busy performing and recording with Andre Hayward, Pamela Hart, Marco Santos, Honeybee Jazz Band, and the Unanswered Questions trio, as well as Big Night Quintet.