Audio High is very pleased to offer framed and unframed original photography from Lee Tanner, the noted and highly respected jazz photographer. You'll find a short bio of Mr. Tanner at the bottom of this page. 

Each (white, acid-free, fiber-based, silver-gelatin) print is made from the original negative and is processed by archival methods.

Signed prints come in two sizes:

• 11x14 inches for $400.00

• 16x20 inches for $600.00

Shipping and Handling by Federal Express is $20.00.

Matted, framed prints are also available. 

• Wood frames, as framed in our showroom, cost $300 

• Black, metal frames cost $100. 

We also offer 11x14 inch reproductions printed on 16x20 inch paper for $30 each plus $10 shipping and handling (per order). 

Lee Tanner began using a camera as a teenager in New York City. An avid jazz fan from the age of eight and inspired by the jazz photography of Gjon Mili, Bill Claxton, Herb Snitzer, and Herman Leonard, he turned to documenting the jazz scene with a love for the music comparable only to his creative drive for visual expression. Photography, however, was only an avocation.

After graduation from college and a short tour in the U. S. Army, Tanner undertook scientific graduate studies leading to a career in metallurgical research. His career in science proceeded in parallel with the photography of jazz musicians for more than 40 years. Tanner's scientific work involved frequent travel, and he took every opportunity to capture the jazz scene on film in all the cities he visited in the U.S. and Europe. While living in Boston in the 60s, Tanner turned to video presentation, producing a live, impromptu music series entitled MIXED BAG on the PBS channel WGBH. 

Downbeat was the first magazine to publish Tanner's work in 1958 and later his pictures appeared on the pages of many other journals including Rolling Stone, Jazz Magazine (Paris), Jazz Times, American Photo and Popular Photography. They also graced the jackets for LP and CD records produced by Atlantic, Sony/Columbia, Verve, Fantasy, Rhino, and Prestige.

Tanner has had numerous one-man shows in galleries and jazz clubs across the country including The Jazz Gallery in New York City, and Vision Gallery, Kimball's East and Yoshi's in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Tanner now devotes full attention to photography and to curating a series of group photographic exhibits entitled The Jazz Image. Pomegranate Art Books and Friedman/Fairfax Publishing Co. have published several collections of his work in books, posters, and calendars. The recent books from Friedman/Faifax are Images of Jazz and Images of the Blues. Images of Jazz also includes a 17-track CD that Tanner compiled from the Sony/Columbia archives.