 He has a range of styles, and often adapts his playing to the nature of the instrument and the sounds that he can make it produce.His improvising, particularly for solo piano, often adopts a modular approach, in which he begins with small units of melody and rhythm and then develops them into larger forms and structures.In 2011, "Down Beat" magazine chose Taborn as winner of the electric keyboard category, as well as rising star in both the piano and organ categories.