| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 7 December 2002 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| HOUR ONE | ||||||||
| Spain | Gipsy Kings | Siempre Acaba Tu Vida | N. Reyes, T. Baliardo, C. Reyes, P. Reyes, Paul Reyes, P. Baliardo, D. Baliardo, G. Reyes | Tierra Gitana | - | 2 | 4:56 | Nonesuch |
| Cuba | Los Activos | Tu Mare Iba Contigo | Joaquín Martín | Hasta Los Huesos | - | 6 | 5:27 | Tinder |
| Peru | Inti-Illimani | La Fiesta Eres Tu | H. Salinas, P. Manns/H. Salinas | The Best of Inti-Illimani | - | 7 | 4:44 | Xenophile |
| Cuba | Equis Alfonso | No Eres Tu | Santiago Feliu/Equis Alfonso | Real World | - | 3 | 3:46 | Velas |
| Japan | Kodo | Maracatú | Kodo, M. Hart, G. Hiidalgo, A. Moreira, L. Tillery, R. Benin, J. Blake | Mondo Head | Light | 5 | 5:14 | Red Ink |
| USA | Sonic Tribe | Freedom is Only a Door | G. Sala/arr. Sonic Tribe | Spirit Rising | Light | 9 | 6:29 | Soundings of the Planet |
| Senegal | Fania | Setlou | Fania/S. Loubière, Fania | Sopi | Light | 9 | 3:29 | Tinder |
| Jamaica/Zaire | Jimmy Cliff (w/ Grand Zaïko Wawa) | Love Me II | J. Cliff | Shout For Freedom | - | 4 | 7:49 | Milan |
| Chile | Gondwana | Volver a Sentir | I-Locks Labbé | Made In Jamaica | Heavy | 5 | 3:38 | RAS |
| U.S./Jamaica | Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers | One Good Spliff | Z. Marley | Spirit of Music | - | 8 | 3:54 | Elektra |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Jamaica | Culture | Pay Day | Joseph Hill | Live in Africa | - | 2 | 4:20 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Link 'n Chain | African Struggle | n/a | New Day | - | 7 | 4:11 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Freddie McGregor | Big Ship | Freddie McGregor | More Reggae For Kids (V) | - | 6 | 3:32 | RAS |
| Cameroon | Sally Nyolo | Songuisseto | S. Nyolo | Multiculti | - | 8 | 3:39 | Tinder |
| Senegal | Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar | Lay Suma Lay | Y. N'Dour | The Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar | Medium | 5 | 4:29 | RGNet |
| Zimbabwe | Patrick Mkwamba & Four Brothers | Vambozha Vauya | P. Mkwamba | Spirit of the Eagle (V) | - | 3 | 4:40 | Earthworks |
| USA | Tabla Beat Science | Sacred Channel | Z. Hussain, K. Kale, B. Laswell | Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove | Heavy | 2 | 7:29 | Axiom |
| Algeria | Djamel Allam | Nezha | K. Hamad, D. Allam | World Playground 2 (v) | - | 7 | 3:20 | Putumayo |
| USA | Dave Stringer | The Satellite Sky | Dave Stringer | Brink | Medium | 4 | 3:34 | Valley Entertainment |
| Brasil | Milton Nascimento | A Terceira Margem Do Rio | M. Nascimento, C. Veloso | Txai | - | 9 | 3:50 | Columbia |
| Brasil | Elis Regina | Caxangá | M. Nascimento, Fernando Brant | Canta Brasil: The Great Brasilian Songbook (v) | - | 16 | 3:06 | Verve |
| Brasil | Misia | Nascimento de Venus | R. J. Dias/Rosa Lobato de Faria | Paixões Diagonais | - | 9 | 3:51 | Detour |