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- Spring-Cheryl Wheeler (Wheeler's vocal octave leaps serve the tune well and convey the exuberance of Spring's awakening.)
- Chase Wild Horses-Kim Richey (We all slow down as we age. That's not always a bad thing, as we have the wisdom we've accumulated. Musically, The Bob Riedy Blues Band's "Just Off Halsted" sounds right before this.)
- Make Me A Song-Eleanor Friedberger (Fleetwood Mac's "Dissatisfied" sounds appropriate before or after this new song about self-improvement with a hopeful outlook.)
- You Caught Me Smilin' Again-The Nineteenth Whole (Released in 1972, one year after Sly & The Family Stone's version, the expansive, jazzy organ and group vocals make this as good or even more appealing than the original. Not every ensemble can pull off this type of instrumental-with-one-recurring-vocal phrase, the way The Crusaders do on "Keep That Same Old Feeling." The Nineteeth Whole does, however.)
- Cafe Regio's-Isaac Hayes (This "Shaft" soundtrack highlight could pass for a modern smooth jazz instrumental.)
- Gustav Holst: The Planets; "Venus, The Bringer Of Peace" (BBC Philharmonic/Sir Andrew Davis, conductor) (Although this isn't one of the flashier movements from "The Planets," it's an appropriately celestial-sounding, lyrical part of the whole.)
- Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 3 in B-flat, G.447 (Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Chamber Ensemble; Pepe Romero, guitar) (If you like the triumphant-sounding aspects of Felix Mendelssohn's Italian symphony, this quintet might also appeal to you. I saw people jogging on the sidewalk while the Allegro Moderato movement played in my car; that movement's tempo and energy synced up perfectly with them.)
- Percy Grainger: Molly On The Shore (Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra/Frederick Fennell, conductor) (Another spirited piece fit for a jog, especially if you're picking up speed as you go or have a reward waiting at a finish line.)
