One of the last New Orleans independent R&B producers/record label owners, Senator Jones, died at his home in Raymond, Mississippi on or about November 28 from an apparent heart attack. He was 75.

From the early 1960s until the late 1980s, Jones recorded scores of local artists including Rockie Charles, James Rivers, Tommy Ridgley, Barbara George, Ray J., and Walter Washington.

Born November 9, 1934 in Jackson, Mississippi, he moved to New Orleans with...