Ray and Mac, thanks for the encouragement. Ray, I'm from Detroit originally and there, there is basically one union. Which union are you referring to?

Mac, this is the list of standards at learnjazzstandards.com

http://learnjazzstandards.com/index-of-jazz-standards/

Would there be some that jump out at you as obvious songs to go through and learn individual modes by playing along/soloing? I'm up for transposing to learn the modes for different keys.