Quote Originally Posted by buduranus2
I would respectfully differ with your characterization that I'm "only interested in weird stuff like Phrygian Dominant instead of more obvious choices."
Okay, but you did say:

"One shortcut I've tried is to play A phrygian dominant over the Emi7 Eb7. Even though this isn't technically correct the changes happen quickly enough that I can kind of get away with it. Same with the Dmi7 Db7, although I'm less confident with phrygian dominant there (seems to work but then again maybe not quite."

I respectfully take exception to your assertion that "pro players usually just play the obvious."
Oh, but they do. At that point of the tune, I meant. Here's one by Stan Getz, quite quick and fairly extreme. See what he does with it. They're using the descending chromatic chords.



Too many examples to the contrary, at least to my ears, to enumerate.
No prob. Can you give an example?