Derived in the late thirties; early
forties. Serious jazz lovers. The times to define the difference between the cool and the uncool. When snapping fingers took the place of applause.
Unhip gave a flavor like the term "little
grass hopper"; a student.
When someone tries to compare
Miles Davis and
Louis Armstrong as the same horn ...
Not only will a serious lesson follow but towards the end, an underscathing tone of "
unhip one".
