| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 16 May 2009 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| Jamaica | Delroy Wilson | Have Some Mercy | D.Wilson | Special | - | 2 | 3:59 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Culture | Down in Jamaica | Joseph Hill | Live Culture '98 | - | 12 | 5:01 | RAS |
| New Zealand | Katchafire | Roots Music | L.Bell, J.Bell, J.Ferguson, A.Adams-Tamatea, H.Totorewa, L.Davey | Slow-Burning | Medium | 1 | 4:32 | Mai Music |
| Jamaica | Bunny Wailer | Burning Dub (Love Fire) | N.Livingston | Dubd'sco | - | 5 | 4:55 | Solomonic |
| Jamaica | Carlton Livingston | Get Off Me Spot | C.Livingston | Emotions | - | 8 | 3:37 | Grapevine |
| USA | Juan Santana | Que Importa | R.Ruiz | El Rufero | - | 5 | 3:39 | Enye |
| Spain/France | Gipsy Kings | Canastero | Gipsy Kings | Pasajero | Light | 6 | 3:57 | Nonesuch |
| Brasil | Tulio Mourão & Nonato Luiz | Carioca | N.Luiz | Carioca | - | 1 | 4:32 | Milestone |
| USA | Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate | In a Silent Way (w/ Shorter) | J.Zawinul | 75 | - | 5 | 14:20 | Heads Up |
| Mali | Vieux Farka Toure | Wosoubour | V.F.Toure | Vieux Farka Toure | Light | 8 | 3:36 | World Village |
| Ivory Coast | Dobet Gnahore | Yekiyi | D.Gnahore/Colin Laroche de Feline | Na Afriki | Medium | 8 | 3:23 | Cumbancha |
| Mali | Amadou et Mariam | Djuru | M.Doumbia | Welcome to Mali | - | 5 | 3:35 | Because/Nonesuch |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Mali | Super Rail Band | Mansa | Djelimady Tounkara | Mali Lolo! (V) | - | 16 | 6:31 | Smithsonian Folkways |
| USA | Thee Express | Rinconcito | n/a | Express Yourself | - | 9 | 3:51 | Canyon |
| Morocco | Jamshied Sharifi | My Grandfather, the Tree | J.Sharifi | One | Heavy | 8 | 2:36 | Ceres |
| Israel | Idan Raichel | Ayal-Ayale | I.Raichel | The Idan Raichel Project | - | 3 | 3:35 | Cumbancha |
| Brasil | Tony Mola | Arma Som | M.Santiago, P.Senegal | Bragada | - | 5 | 3:17 | Blue Jackel |
| Brasil | Rosa Passos | Doce Presença | I.Lins/V.Martins | Romance | Heavy | 1 | 3:57 | Telarc |
| Senegal | Orchestra Baobab | Pape Ndiaye | Laye Mboup, Assane Mboup/arr. B.Attisso | Made In Dakar | Light | 1 | 3:41 | World Circuit |
| Senegal | Alioune Kasse | Ndogal | A.Kasse | Exsina | - | 8 | Tinder | |
| S. Africa | Sipho Mabuse | Jive Soweto | S.Mabuse | Jive Soweto (V) | - | 3 | 4:41 | Earthworks |
| Cuba | Los Van Van | Tranquilo Moto | C.Pedroso | Best of Los Van Van | - | 8 | 5:23 | Milan |
| Cuba | The Cuba L.A. Project | Son de la Loma | Miguel Matamoros | Cuba L.A. | - | 5 | 5:42 | Narada World |
| Puerto Rico | El Quinteto Criollo | Aguinaldo Jibaro | n/a | Puerto Rico Tropical (V) | - | 8 | 3:18 | Latitudes |