Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I can comp Blue Bossa without a problem, but when I tried my hand at soloing I got a rude awakening. I was thinking in terms of chords, there are seven distinct chords, and each chord change I was trying to play a different triad or arpeggio or something. I couldn't keep up with the changes and it was confusing the heck out of me.
Then I took some time and looked at Blue Bossa from a scale perspective and found that only three scales are needed to cover the entire 16 bar format. C minor ( aeolian mode) would work over the I and IV chords and C harmonic minor covered the scary looking minor II-V, (Dm7 flat5 and G flat9 flat13 chords).
Then there is a modulation up a half step to D flat major, for a major II-V-I in that key, so I just move up one fret from C to D flat and play major scale over that section, then its back to C harmonic and natural minors for the last 4 bars.
Its so much easier when I think modally instead of chordally and it all works. Plus it really reinforces knowledge of those scales and scale degrees.
So, is there a question here? I'm not sure. Is this how its done? Simplifying things down to underlying scales and appropriate modes? I'm still cognizant of the changes, but this way there is so much more room, space and time to make those changes. I would appreciate hearing from those more experienced than I when it comes to Jazz soloing. I'm really kind of new to it all.

I totally relate to your experience soloing over Blue Bossa! Much harder than it seems. That Db part still trips me up. Thanks for sharing this.

Now that I have looked at it from the scale perspective, I can go back now and look at it as soloing over chords. But now I can see the cord and the underlying scale that the cord is derived from. So, is it a cord, is it a scale, well it’s both. My goal is to see both the cord and the scale, and I think that approach will take me somewhere. The next level which I’m starting to get a feel for is to just abandon cords and scales more or less and just match the sounds I hear in my head with what I can play on the neck just by using intervals. That’s where it really gets fun and expressive. no heavy thinking, just expressing.