OK, he doesn't look much better, but afterwards I'm sure he went out and bought some Horace Silver albums...
Horace presents a sophisticated strut for the hippie who's hung up his kaftan...
Rewind 20 years and Horace inadvertently coins the phrase way before it's common usage whilst punning on 'hip' or 'hipster', either way, cracking tune, of course...
From the Encyclopaedia Hip:
'Whilst the term 'hip' was still used during the Hippie era hippies failed to understand the true essence of Hip by indulging in excessive chemical substances which lead them to enjoy the like of the Grateful Dead along with abandoning sartorial style. Ironically, those they branded 'the enemy', such as penthouse-owning capitalist playboys, had truly hip taste along the lines of appreciating of modern art and the Modern Jazz Quartet, the latter possibly being primarily used for the purpose of seducing women, who were (and still are) known to be incapable of resisting anything having fallen under the spell of Milt Jackson and co.'
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