Joseph Zawinal (founder of Weather Report) is my favorite jazz artist that has some of what you are looking for, a world beat or sound. Dialects or World Tour (I think is the name) may be good to start with.
Jon Hassell is very good as well, he has made a number of CDs with African musicians. He plays trumpet and mixes it with their native music. Very interesting IMO...
Jon Hassell is very good as well, he has made a number of CDs with African musicians. He plays trumpet and mixes it with their native music. Very interesting IMO...