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Renee Jones is an acclaimed jazz-funk bass player who has recorded and performed live and/or recorded with Steve Weingart, Simon Phillips, Mike Miller (guitarist), Katisse Buckingham and Steve Lukather.

Career
2006 - Dark Blue Dream, featuring his wife Renee Jones on bass guitar.

Renee Jones performed on Steve Lukather's album "Ever Changing Times" which was released in February 2008.

2009 The resulting new album, "Dialogue", includes his own lead vocals and appearances from Steve Lukather, Victor Wooten, Mike Miller, Lenny Castro, Katisse Buckingham and Simon Phillips. Weingart, Jones, Buckingham and Phillips performed release parties for "Dialogue" at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood.

Weingart teamed with Lukather again for his late 2010 album, "All's Well That Ends Well" and the 2013 album, "Transition". Weingart and Renee Jones have toured in Europe with Steve Lukather and Eric Valentine. During early 2012, they toured with Lukather's band to perform in Australia with G3 featuring Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, followed by a short tour of Japan.

November 2012 brought the release of Observatory their second album in as many years, the husband and wife duo of keyboardist and pianist, Steve Weingart and bassist, Renee Jones continue to celebrate and redefine the music that has inspired them for nearly four decades. Tapping into the influence of music legends like Joe Zawinul & Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Wayne Shorter, Weingart & Jones have dramatically thrust the genre in new directions by expressing a potent mixture of compositional risk, a refined sonic palette and superb musical craftsmanship.

Discography
Featured'
 * Dark Blue Dream (2006)

Steve Weingart & Renee Jones
 * Dialogue (2011) Featuring Simon Phillips, Katisse Buckingham, and Mike Miller
 * Observatory (2012) Featuring Simon Phillips, Katisse Buckingham, Chris Wabich, and Mike Miller

with Steve Lukather
 * Ever Changing Times (2008)
 * All's Well That Ends Well (2010)
 * Transition (2013)

Live performance
Has toured internationally with the Steve Lukather Band and has played live with the Weingart Jones Band.