Gitanes Jazz

French Jazz Label. Often used in combination with the Series Autour De Minuit and/or Jazz 'Round Midnight. Named after a famous French cigarette brand, the label was created at a time when French law forbade any direct or indirect advertising for tobacco products (law voted December 1990). "Gitanes Jazz" has been seen as an attempt to circumvent this law. Early cover designs for the "Autour de Minuit" series evoke the classic Gitanes cigarette pack (a gipsy woman silhouette surrounded in cigarette smoke), replacing the gipsy silhouette by that of the featured musician. The smoke was removed on subsequent editions.