经典的钢琴-贝斯-鼓三重奏已成为21世纪爵士乐的标志性声音，非常适合专注于变化的节奏以及情绪、强度和速度的敏捷转换。像Orrin Evans、Vijay Iyer、Jason Moran、Brad Mehldau、Myra Melford和Craig Taborn这样的键盘大师在新世纪的前二十年领导了此类团体，他们至今仍是该流派中顶尖的团体。钢琴家Sylvie Courvoisier、Sullivan Fortner、Matt Mitchell、Angelica Sanchez和Micah Thomas目前也领导着此类乐队，甚至一些非钢琴家，如贝斯手Kim Cass和鼓手Tyshawn Sorey，现在也这样做。
The classic piano-bass-drum trio has become a defining sound of 21st-century jazz, well-suited to a focus on shifting rhythms and nimble changes in mood, intensity and tempo. Such keyboard masters as Orrin Evans, Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran, Brad Mehldau, Myra Melford and Craig Taborn led such groups in the first two decades of the new century, and they are among the top groups in the genre today. Pianists Sylvie Courvoisier, Sullivan Fortner, Matt Mitchell, Angelica Sanchez and Micah Thomas also currently head such outfits, and even a few nonpianists, such as bassist Kim Cass and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, now do so.
正如战后岁月中许多小号手和萨克斯手处于爵士乐聚光灯下一样，钢琴家现在经常处于舞台中央。Kris Davis是这一趋势最活跃的推动者之一。
Much as many trumpeters and saxophonists were in the jazz spotlight in the postwar years, pianists are now often front and center. Kris Davis is one of the most active drivers of this trend.