by Richard S. GinellThe 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\u002Fjazz 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.