{"id":7439,"date":"2017-01-13T10:09:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T10:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/?p=7439"},"modified":"2017-02-11T14:01:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T14:01:07","slug":"rediscovered-treasures-of-the-jazz-age-more-from-the-metronome-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/photography\/rediscovered-treasures-of-the-jazz-age-more-from-the-metronome-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Rediscovered Treasures of the Jazz Age <br \/>More From The Metronome Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Billie Holiday: The Final New York City Concert by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/billie-holiday-the-final-new-york-city-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7606 aligncenter\" style=\"color: #0000ee;\" title=\"Billie Holiday Final NYC Concert by Bill Spilka\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Billie-Holiday-Spilka-007-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Billie-Holiday-Spilka-007-sm.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Billie-Holiday-Spilka-007-sm-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Many years ago, renowned jazz photographer Bill Spilka\u2014who joined <em>Metronome<\/em> magazine\u2019s photographic staff in 1955\u2014lost most of his original negatives in a fire. Fortunately, he had retained vintage prints of some of his favorite shots of prominent jazz musicians, like <a title=\"Chet Baker: Birdland by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/chet-baker-birdland\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chet Baker<\/strong><\/a>, <a title=\"Miles Davis at the Newport Jazz Festival by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/miles-davis-at-the-newport-jazz-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Miles Davis<\/strong><\/a> and <a title=\"Buster Bailey by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/buster-bailey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Buster Bailey<\/strong><\/a>, but the rest were thought lost forever.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this interview with Bill Spilka reminiscing about photographing Billie Holiday:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FJnjAwudwLk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Chet Baker: Birdland by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/chet-baker-birdland\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7626\" title=\"Chet Baker-Spilka-008 sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chet-Baker-Spilka-008-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chet-Baker-Spilka-008-sm.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chet-Baker-Spilka-008-sm-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Chet Baker: Birdland by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/chet-baker-birdland\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chet Baker: Birdland<\/strong><\/a> (1956)<br \/>\nJazz virtuoso Chet Baker performing live at Birdland in New York City, 1956<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Miles Davis at the Newport Jazz Festival by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/miles-davis-at-the-newport-jazz-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7627\" title=\"Miles Davis at the Newport Jazz Festival by Bill Spilka\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Miles-Davis-Spilka-013-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Miles-Davis-Spilka-013-sm.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Miles-Davis-Spilka-013-sm-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Miles Davis at the Newport Jazz Festival by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/miles-davis-at-the-newport-jazz-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Miles Davis at the Newport Jazz Festival<\/strong><\/a> (1956)<br \/>\nAn uncharacteristic Miles Davis captured clowning around on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival\u00a0<\/address>\n<p>But in 2014, Limited Runs\u2019 founder Pierre Vudrag, was granted access to comb through <a title=\"Metronome Jazz Fine Art Photography Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/photography\/uncovered-metronome-jazz-photo-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Metronome magazine\u2019s<\/strong><\/em><\/a> long-untouched archives, currently housed by Getty Images, where he uncovered long-forgotten photos\u2014including a number of Spilka\u2019s photographs, some of which had never been seen by the public. \u00a0Including a photo of <a title=\"Frank Sinatra: Reunion by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/frank-sinatra-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Frank Sinatra<\/strong><\/a> taken\u00a0during a rare reunion performance with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra held at the Paramount Theatre in New York City in 1956 (the same year Sinatra filmed &#8220;Johnny Concho&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Frank Sinatra: Reunion by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/frank-sinatra-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7615 aligncenter\" title=\"Frank Sinatra: Reunion by Bill Spilka\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Frank-Sinatra-Spilka-012-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Frank-Sinatra-Spilka-012-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Frank-Sinatra-Spilka-012.jpg 509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a>Other photos include:\u00a0<a title=\"Ella Fitzgerald at the Newport Jazz Festival by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/ella-fitzgerald-at-the-newport-jazz-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ella Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/a> performinglive in 1958 at the Newport Jazz Festival; <a title=\"Thelonious Monk at the Newport Jazz Festival by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/thelonious-monk-at-the-newport-jazz-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Thelonious Monk<\/strong><\/a> captured during a live performance\u00a0at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958;\u00a0<a title=\"Curtis Fuller: Birdland by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/curtis-fuller-birdland\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Curtis Fuller<\/strong><\/a> the same year live at the infamous Jazz Club Birdland in New York City;\u00a0saxophonist <a title=\"Zoot Sims: Birdland by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/zoot-sims-birdland\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Zoot Sims<\/strong><\/a> in 1960 performing at Birdland amongsts others.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Count Basie: The Two Count by Bill Spilka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/count-basie-the-two-count\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7633\" title=\"Count Basie: The Two Count by Bill Spilka\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Count-Basie-Spilka-005-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Count-Basie-Spilka-005-sm.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Count-Basie-Spilka-005-sm-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Count Basie: The Two Count by Bill Spilka\" href=\" https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/original\/photography\/music-photography\/count-basie-the-two-count\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Count Basie: The Two Count<\/strong><\/a> (1957)<br \/>\nCount Basie performing and leading the orchestra at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island<\/address>\n<p>Not only has Limited Runs rediscovered some of those long-lost photos, advances in digital technology allowed Spilka\u2019s personal prints to be scanned and, in some cases, restored to better-than-original quality and made exclusively available as fine art prints for the first time. \u00a0Each archival pigment print is reproduced to the highest quality and is individually signed and numbered by Bill Spilka.<\/p>\n<p>See all of Bill Spilka&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"Bill Spilka's Rediscovered Treasures of the Jazz Age\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/search\/?keywords=Bill+Spilka+Jazz+Collection\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rediscovered Treasures of the Jazz Age<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sign-up for our\u00a0<a title=\"Sign Up For Limited Runs' Newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/accounts\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>newsletter<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>and get\u00a0news, updates and special offers<\/p>\n<h4><em>For lovers of Vintage Posters, Photography and Art &#8212; Limited Runs!<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Limited Runs, the premier destination for discovering and buying the best in original vintage posters, print art and fine art photography, continues to add new items to the site every day and each week we feature some of our latest additions of original vintage film, 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Fortunately, he had retained vintage prints of some of his favorite shots of prominent jazz musicians, like Chet Baker, Miles Davis and Buster Bailey, but the rest were thought lost forever. 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