Uptownship
- 艺人
- Hugh Masekela
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Novus
- 发行时间
- 1988年10月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Richard S. Ginell
The title of this New York City-recorded album suggests a combination of township jive and uptown Gotham soul and energy, but what we get is some of the former and little of the latter. Here, Masekela alternates South African-inflected pop/jazz with lugubrious covers of a couple of U.S. soul tunes (Gamble-Huff's &If You Don't Know Me By Now& and Smokey Robinson's &Ooh Baby Baby&) and a Bob Marley anthem, &No Woman, No Cry.& While the covers are instantly disposable, even the South African-rooted tracks suffer from a lack of energy, not helped by the dull recorded sound. &Now or Never& is a leisurely stroll through the township; &Hold On& has a stuttering jive feeling to it where Hugh plays well but has little new to say. Altoist Morris Goldberg's contributions range from dreary jazz-lite clichés to some passages where he can spar effectively with Masekela, and the cast of the Broadway show Sarafina! provides some of the backing vocals.
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