Yeah, I always make it point to commit Johnny’s song-or any song-to memory so that I’m not staying glued to the reading the sheet music while playing. To do this, I will break the song down and work on just a few notes at a time and it’s much easier to retain by memory when you do that. Good for you to have that goal,and like anything else with the Sax, the more you practice at it the better you will be and there’s no question that I feel so, so much more free and open while playing from memory. Johnny in his book “How to Play Killer Blues” talks about it right from the first lesson and really encourages people that, if at all possible, to play what he teaches there in his book from Memory. Good for you to have access to your Sax teacher too!