founding members of european jazz federation (october 15–16, 1967). chiriac second left.
chiriac wrote press articles liner notes jazz collection. in 1965 published study of jazz in magazine secolul xx; year later, wrote preface romanian edition of louis armstrong s life in new orleans. founding member of european jazz federation in 1967. according minutes, described difficult conditions of romanian jazz musicians @ time , accepted idea of federation under unesco protection. said federation should focus on creating jazz academy, bureau international concerts , centre audio , tv recordings exchanged.
a great jazz aficionado, chiriac copy entire discs onto tapes , arrange them in station archive. aurel gherghel later said, station s whole archive written , arranged cornel chiriac. in 1969, chiriac organised , advertised first national jazz festival in romania, held in ploieşti. arranged songs played during festival recorded.
as producer, backed timişoara band phoenix , bucharest band sideral. completed important recordings former in radio românia s studio (1968–69) , promoted them on different occasions. in 1969 took steps bring them golden stag festival, managing include them in lineup. coincidentally, cliff richard, 8 years earlier had played in young ones, film inspired many romanian rock bands, scheduled sing there. meanwhile, phoenix members staying @ bucharest s hotel nord censors watch them. during festival, chiriac returned braşov bad news phoenix concert had been cancelled, returned hoping resolve problem in extremis. unable convince organisers, in protest, locked himself in hotel room , set fire curtains. hotel employees , firemen broke down door stop blaze, while chiriac disappeared during commotion, taking him tapes phoenix.
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