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Pat Metheny - Trio 99→00 (Warner Bros, 2000) with Larry Grenadier and Bill Stewart  

1. Love this. I may have it but I'm stumped at the moment. My brain is linking it to Coleman Hawkins, possibly something from the Mosaic set but I'm not 100% on that. Whoever it is on sax, they are dancing away and it's fantastic.  2. Another good tune. Scofield with Larry Goldings? Probably not bc this doesn't sound like a song they'd do. But figured I'd hazard a guess. Actually that organ may be LeDonne?  3. Piano-less quartet. Love the drum and bass intro. And then continue to love what they're doing throughout. Sax player is familiar but can't place them. Bass solo is great.  4. Monk tune. Evolves into that barrel house style - interesting. Fast too, but no guesses.  5. Piano and guitar - wait, is that a bass? Duo playing nicely. Song itself is ok. Actually this gets better as they progress. Not bad. No guesses.  6. Familiar song that someone here will guess quickly. Another organ track on this bft. I like it. Guitar comping behind that B3 is excellent. McDuff? I'm listening to this on some really crappy headphones while at the office so I can't tell if that's an actual bass or if it's coming from the b3. If it's B3, then I'll change my guess to Lonnie Smith.  7. Guitar and b3 again! Sweet. Sounds more recent. Live as well. The tune is coming across as a bit stilted or even contrived to a degree. I think it's the organist doing that. Some of the lines aren't working for me at the moment. Guitarist flows so smoothly. Not as good as comping as the one earlier but the soloing more than makes up for it.  8. Familiar song. Red Norvo-ish on the vibes. Similar feel as the prior track. Not a huge fan of whatever style you'd call that. Bassist putting in work and is commendable. 9.  Now for some serious arrangement. Dramatic for sure. No clue who this could be.  10. This is familiar. Gary Burton?  11. Lol a Shania Twain cover. You're still the one. Gotta be a BFT first right? Who would cover this song? It's borderline jazz meets yacht rock style.  12. New Orleans style on that trumpet. Great tone. Is this a trumpet summit? I didn't catch what was said after that first solo. Sounded like a credit thrown out. Ok, that's Satchmo. When you're smiling - I just saw the Seinfeld episode where Mel Torme sings this at the benefit. Hilarious moment in that show. Nice ending song! 

You were not kidding about being skewed towards enjoyment.  This is one of the least bothersome (for me) BFTs I can recall in a very long time. As usual I have no good guesses but I noticed a plethora of guitarists and doorbells, not to mention so many tunes I know but can never summon from memory. About the least favorite was number 11, a cover of a pop tune I also couldn't bring up from memory.  Not a favorite by any means and the performance didn't do much for me. But really, a nice BFT and I will watch the discussion to see if any are ID'd I should have known.   Thanks!

A bland, unfitting title for an excellent album (and great band!)