Kyle Jones has devoted much of his life, not just to the study of ethnic percussion instruments, but also to the underlying cultures and languages of their origins. He has studied with the world's foremost experts on many different types of drums, learning from Indian tabla masters and such well-known musicians as Elvin Jones and Terry Bozzio. 

Kyle  counts the likes of master drummer Kenny Aronoff and Titans All Pro running back Eddie George as students, and has performed with Quincy Jones and Janet Jackson as well as in many other world class ensembles.

Along with his career in musical instruction, Kyle is also an avid writer and student of philosophy. He is a contributing writer for Jan Darpan, a regional publication on India and Indian lifestyle.

- Emmy Award Winner: Best MUSIC COMPOSER/ARRANGER, Next Door Neighbors: Bhutanese, Nashville Public Television

- Live performances and Lectures at the "History of Religion and Arts festival for Middle Eastern culture" at the Bill Frist center

- Steve Vai-soundtrack for commercial advertisements

- Multiple performances of East Indian Classical Music on Tabla, Kinjira, and Ghatam: both Hindustani ( North Indian) and Carnatic (South Indian)

- Paul Winter Consort-guest performance

- Turkish and Greek performances on a regular basis at KALAMATAS

- Working with Rick Vito from Fleetwood Mac on several projects - both performances and recording

- Write for the online Jan Darpan Indian Magazine Monthly - presently constructing an entire tani avartanam (drum solo) on the MRDGM (south Indian barrel drum)

- 3 Live Performances on NPR with Muriel Anderson, 1 with Stan Lassiter, and 1 with Roger Hudson-Write up in

- FINGERSTYLE's 70th edition with my recording on c.d. "Memphis Mambo"

- Movie soundtracks for Universal Studios---Catalogue of rhythms

- Movie and commercial soundtracks for Jack Attack Records with Ken Barken

- Recorded with Phil Keagy on his "Acoustic Cafe" album

- Recorded a duet c.d. with Phil Keagy "NUMEN"--by Phil Keagy and Yours truly-coming out this year! (Kyle also did the graphic art for the album/ c.d. )

- Live jazz fusion/ Indian Jazz-performances with Stan Lassiter at the Italian Grill and Kalamatas

- Master Classes taught at Vanderbilt on Ethnomusicology and Performances of Turkish music in conjunction with the Classes

- Taught a lecture Series at Vanderbilt on radio for the Exegesis of the Antiochus Greek texts of the Koine Bible.

- Recorded with Sting's Pedro Simone

- Recorded with Nina Landis

- Tabla remix on Cyndi Lauper's "time after time''

- Chaka Khan - Live performance-party

- Organizer-Leader of the NASHVILLE STOMP group

- Last year-Nasville Emmys Candidate, 3 nominations - NPT's cultural documentary

- 2012: Kyle is performing as the percussionist on the Ricky Skaggs Family Christmas Tour. The tour includes performances on the Grand Ol' Opry shows at the Ryman, and at the Nashville Schermerhorn Symphony Center.