Tag: hoppers

Amelia Jensen: "Our friend Devan loves to get into the fancy angles of fly tying. Every time we get to fish with him he brings us a few new flies that he's played with in hopes we can catch a fish or two on them. When he gave us a handful of hoppers we immediately thought of this stream in New Zealand at the peak of summer. The trout could think it a...

CHARLIE PARKER MADE a substantial impact on jazz, even though he died very tragically (the result of various addictions) at the age of 34. Parker was the master of “Be-Bop” saxophone, a style defined by extremely fast tempos—all the while maintaining technical perfection. Parker was never sloppy fast. He was perfect-fast. Great tone and harmonics, in...