South African trumpeter-vocalist Masekela recorded this trio of albums in a four-year period in the mid-1990s in what seemed like a burst of renewed energy that chimed with the optimism of a post-apartheid world. The recordings have the inherently danceable appeal of so much of his previous work that draws on the rhythms and melodies of his homeland as well as black music in America, in which he has had an avowed long-running interest. The results are patchy, though. Many of the songs are compromised by production and engineering that have not aged well, flattening melodies and vocal harmonies that would be better served by a different mix and changes of instrumentation. Sadly, the material suffers in comparison to the 1960s and 1970s high water marks of Masekela’s career – think The Emancipation Of Hugh Masekela – and it’s hardly surprising that some of the best moments are reprises of songs (‘Child Of The Earth’) from that golden age.