How to simply play one mp3 at a time without a playlist or duplicate file creation

What's always baffled me about Itunes is the overkill factor for we who are media professionals and simply need
to be able to select and playback an audio file - without the proprietary architecture of the whole "Playlist" format...
and, as long as we're at it, without automatically having a duplicate of whatever is being played, created and placed
in a new folder somewhere.
"Back in the day..." I could take SoundJam - (actually the predecessor app that Itunes was originally based upon)
--which i still regularly use for easy conversion of .aifs to .mp3s -- and select/play any number of mp3s located in a
single file folder at random. No "playlist" was created or needed - and it didn't/doesn't dupe a copy of the file.
Can i in any way scale down or customize Itunes in a way that i can just play each mp3 in a given folder by selecting
it 'directly' and not have to have it generate a playlist "copy" - My use for Itunes as far as commercial production is
for quick review/play of sound elements, spots (commercials) audio clips, etc. For this I'm not looking to "order" or
organize anything, just simply start/stop an audio cut and move to another.
Alternately, any suggestions on simpler practical alternative 3rd party apps... Stuff like "Vox" comes kinda close but
i still have to drag and drop the icon of the audio file onto the app's icon to initiate play. Still, at least it doesn't force
me into a Playlist or generate a copy just by selecting and playing the cut.
If this makes sense to anyone I'd really appreciate any ideas,
Thanks!

MIKEinMICH wrote:
Can i in any way scale down or customize Itunes in a way that i can just play each mp3 in a given folder by selecting it 'directly' and not have to have it generate a playlist "copy" - My use for Itunes as far as commercial production is for quick review/play of sound elements, spots (commercials) audio clips, etc. For this I'm not looking to "order" or organize anything, just simply start/stop an audio cut and move to another.
In a Finder window, select a song and press the Space bar.

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