| Global JazzWire Playlist | ||||||||
| 18 January 2003 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Artist | Song Title | Composer | CD Title | Rotation | Label | ||
| HOUR ONE | ||||||||
| Chile | Gondwana | Felicidad | Quique Neira | Made In Jamaica | Heavy | 1 | 5:42 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Israel Vibration | System Not Working | Lascelle Bulgin | Free To Move | - | 4 | 4:21 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Don Carlos & Gold | Ease Up The Pressure | Euvin Spencer, Alric Lansfield | Ease Up | - | 1 | 3:56 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Welton Irie | Hotter Reggae Music | Welton Irie | Darker Than Blue: Soul from Jamdown | - | 18 | 3:50 | Blood & Fire |
| UK | 3 Mustaphas 3 | This City is Very Exciting! | n/a | Soup of the Century | - | 7 | 4:31 | Rykodisc |
| Morocco | Hassan Hakmoun | Hamu | H. Hakmoun | The Gift | Medium | 7 | 6:22 | Triloka |
| France | DuOuD | Zanzibar | Mehdi Haddab-Smadj | The Rough Guide to Arabesque (v) | - | 7 | 5:39 | RGNet |
| S. Africa | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Emhlabeni | Joseph Shabalala | Two Worlds, One Heart | - | 8 | 3:45 | Warner Bros. |
| Cape Verde | Jovino Dos Santos | Africa Mamâe | Jovino Dos Santos | An Afro-Portuguese Odyssey (v) | Light | 13 | 3:44 | Putumayo |
| S. Africa | Miriam Makeba | African Sunset | Sipho Mabuse | Welela | - | 2 | 5:49 | Mercury |
| HOUR TWO | ||||||||
| Scotland | Capercaillie | The Rob Roy Reels | Trad., arr. Capercaillie | Live in Concert | Medium | 11 | 8:01 | Survival |
| India | Udit Narayan | Jaadu Teri Nazar | Shiv-Hari/Anand Bakshi | The Rough Guide to Bollywood (v) | - | 9 | 4:40 | RGNet |
| USA | Tabla Beat Science | Big Brother | Trilok Gurtu | Tala Matrix | - | 5 | 4:56 | Palm |
| Senegal | Youssou N'Dour | Sagal Ko | Y. N'Dour, K. Gueye, H. Faye | Coono du Réér | Heavy | 8 | 3:36 | Nonesuch |
| Mozambique | Dilon Djindji | Angelina | Dilon Djindji | Dilon | Light | 11 | 3:00 | Riverboat |
| Zimbabwe | Chiwoniso | Iwai Nesu | Maraire, Chirikure/Maraire | Ancient Voices | - | 8 | 4:37 | Tinder |
| Ethiopia | Gigi | Kahn | Ejigayehu Shibabaw | Gigi | - | 9 | 3:47 | Palm |
| Cuba/USA | Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra w. Chano Pozo | Manteca | D.Gillespie | Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta (v) | - | 2 | 3:09 | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Mexico | Pastor Cervera | Nuestro Nido | Pastor Cervera | Mexico (V) | - | 13 | 2:43 | Putumayo |
| Brasil | Chico César | Filá | Chico César | Chico César | - | 8 | 2:54 | Putumayo |
| Trinidad | Mighty Panther | Barbados Carnival | Vernon J. Roberts | Calypso (v) | - | 12 | 2:46 | Putumayo |
| Jamaica | Culture | Disobedient Children | Joseph Hill | Live in Africa | Light | 9 | 3:03 | RAS |
| Jamaica | Pablo Moses | Never Seen | Pableto Henry | Mission | - | 7 | 3:38 | RAS |