Images of Jazz

An ardent jazz fan from childhood on, Lee Tanner frequented the clubs in Boston and New York as soon as he could get in. His Images of Jazz, a selection of the photos he snapped of everyone from Cannonball Adderley to Zoot Sims, from the 1950s to the present, eloquently expresses his love of subject and medium. In the introduction, Nat Hentoff calls Tanner ""the most consistent in his ability to find the person at the core of the player"" and says that ""Tanner's gift is knowing the moment at which the musician tells his own story-and not only in notes."" An engineer by profession, Tanner pursued a career in scientific research and managed to enjoy his avocation as well, even producing a jazz show on WGBH in the late 1960s. Now retired, he declares ""my ultimate goal is to curate the definitive jazz photography exhibit and to have it travel to the world's museums."" He's on his way.