The Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary
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    Quote Originally Posted by PMB
    Nice find, Graham!
    thanks, I vaguely remembered Benson talking about his playing methods in that interview, but had no idea he specifically mentioned those block octaves until I looked it up.

    I’ve reposted the whole interview in the ‘players’ section as it seems to have disappeared (I posted it once before).

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    Joe Pass gave some good advice on comping against a piano in that ‘An evening with Joe Pass’ video:

    - piano has 88 keys and will beat you into submission, so guitar might as well defer to the piano.

    - start off playing neutral chords that can’t clash, e.g. just 2 notes on the middle strings, such as root and 5th.

    - once you know what you’re doing, maybe switch to using 3rd and 7th on the middle strings.

    - if you want to play extensions, wait for the turnaround at the end of the tune, that is where most pianists reveal their personal preferences for dominant extensions etc, then you can get an idea of which options to go for.