| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 17 January 2009 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| S. Africa | Mahotella Queens & Mbazo | Umthakathi | Bopape/Mankwane | Putting On the Light | - | 1 | 2:53 | Hannibal |
| S. Africa | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Township Jive | Ray Phiri, J.Shabalala | Two Worlds, One Heart | - | 1 | 4:40 | Warner Bros. |
| Senegal | Orchestra Baobab | Beni Baraale | Bembeya Jazz de Guinea/arr. B.Attisso | Made In Dakar | Medium | 3 | 5:51 | World Circuit |
| Nigeria | King Sunny Ade | Ose, Ose | King Sunny Ade | Get Up | - | 5 | 4:53 | Mesa |
| Jamaica | Wailing Souls | We Got To Be Together | W.Matthews | Wild Suspense | - | 3 | 3:50 | Island Jamaica |
| Jamaica | Luciano | I Believe In Music | J.McClymont | Moving Up | - | 3 | 4:07 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Beenie Man | Stop Live In A De Pass | M.Davis, L.Dunbar | Blessed | - | 4 | 3:51 | Island Jamaica |
| Jamaica | Leroy Smart | Signs and Wonders | Leroy Smart | Vintage Classics | - | 13 | 3:17 | RAS |
| Brasil | Marisa Monte | Tudo Pela Metade | M.Monte, Nando Reis | Mais | - | 11 | 4:11 | World Pacific |
| Brasil | Bebel Gilberto | Sem Contenção | B.Gilberto, G.Arling, R.Cameron/B.Gilberto | Tanto Tempo | - | 4 | 4:23 | Ziruigiboom/Six Degrees |
| Brasil | Rosa Passos | Nossos Momentos | Luis Reis, H.Barbosa | Romance | Heavy | 12 | 5:03 | Telarc |
| USA/Brasil | Randy Brecker | Fazendo Hora | Gilson Peranzetta | Randy in Brasil | Light | 11 | 4:20 | Mama |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Italy | KlezRoym | Fel Shara | trad., arr. KlezRoym | A Jewish Odyssey (V) | - | 3 | 2:50 | Putumayo |
| Algeria | Abdou | Ana Aachki Bahloul | Abdou | The Rough Guide to Raï (v) | - | 1 | 5:34 | RGNet |
| USA | Sacred Spirits | Ly-O-Lay Ale Loya | n/a | Sacred Spirits | - | 3 | 5:14 | Virgin America |
| Mali | Toumani Diabate | El Nabiyouna | T.Diabate | The Mandé Variations | Light | 7 | 6:03 | World Circuit |
| Ethiopia | Aster Aweke | Bati | trad., arr. A.Aweke | Kabu | - | 5 | 7:07 | Columbia |
| Mali | Vieux Farka Toure | Toure de Niafunke | trad., arr. T. Diabate, V.F.Toure | Vieux Farka Toure | Light | 6 | 4:33 | World Village |
| Mali | Habib Koite & Bamada | Fimani | H.Koite | Afriki | Heavy | 4 | 4:28 | Cumbancha |
| Cuba | Lazaro Valdes | Balada para Yanet | L.Valdes | De tal Palo ... tal Valdes | Medium | 4 | 6:55 | Pimienta |
| USA | Ziroq | Reina | C.Rojas, M.Nand | Ziroq | - | 8 | 3:46 | Triloka |
| Cuba | ¡Cubanismo! | El Pregunton | J.Alemany | Malembe | - | 4 | 5:24 | Hannibal |