He was a member of the Puy d'Arras and wrote a jeu parti with Andrieu Contredit.
His floruit dates are reconstructed on the basis of his reference to Jehan Bretel in his chanson d'amour De loial amour.
Jaques wrote original melodies for his Marian songs, while most such works by other trouvères were contrafacta of pre-existing music.
The plagal melodies, all in bar form, are simple, but include both isometric or heterometric tunes.
Unlike his other Marian chansons, it is a contrafactum of Lo clar tems vei brunezir by Raimon Jordan.