Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Marie-Jacques Renée Jacotte Perrier (born 22 November 1924) is a French singer, fashion journalist, author and art collector. She is best known for her musical collaborations with the Quintette du Hot Club de France and her fashion reporting for Fairchild Publications. She is the daughter of Robert Perrier, musical composer and founder of the haute couture supplier Société de Textiles Robert Perrier. She remains one of the few living figures of Continental jazz and one of the last surviving fashion journalists of 1950s haute couture. Born in the Montmartre district of Paris in 1924, Marie-Jacques Perrier was raised among the regulars of her parents R-vingt-six (R-26), the informal musical gathering based in the family s apartment and frequented by artists such as Josephine Baker, Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Henri Salvador, Jean Tranchant and Mary Lou Williams.