You'd find that all jazz players, whatever instrument they play, will follow the chords, not scales, so my advice is to really get a grip on the chords and use their tones as the main notes for your improvisational phrases ... as each chord comes into play, use its tones, then the next chord etc. You won't go wrong -- ever -- doing it that way. It's not easy, but it's a heck of a lot easier that trying to figure out which scales and modes to use. You need to know the chords to do that anyway, so one way or the other, concentrate on chords.
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