Mike Doty

American jazz saxophonist. Robert E. "Mike" Doty was born in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, on February 21, 1906. By the time. he was 18 years old, he was already organizing and managing his own jazz and dance bands near. Rochester. His band traveled to Fargo, South Dakota, where in 1930 he joined Phil Baxter's. band. Baxter's band went west to Tacoma, Washington, where Doty eventually took over.