ROCK 'A' RAMA

COLLIN WALCOTT, DON CHERRY, NANA VASCONCELOS-Codona 2 (ECM) s: Brian Eno’s recent stuff has gone a long way toward making cross-cultural mix-’em, mateh-’em music hip again but he’s really only the most visible barrier basher. Trumpet great Don Cherry has gone much further afield: who else do you know who’s recorded with Ornette Coleman, Krzysztof Penderecki and Lou Reed? His playing here is fine as usual but equally important is the way his playfulness has affected Oregonian Walcott, who responds with subtle outrages like tympani solos and running down walking bass lines on his sitar.