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Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Taylor's music grew more complex and moved away from existing jazz styles.

Gigs were often hard to come by, and club owners found Taylor's approach to performance ( long pieces ) unhelpful in conducting business.

Landmark recordings, like Unit Structures ( 1966 ), appeared.

With ' the Unit ', musicians developed often volcanic new forms of conversational interplay.