Moses Ascher

Moses "Moe" Asch.
American recording engineer and record executive. Son of Yiddish-language novelist-dramatist-essayist Nathan Asch.

Born: December 2, 1905 in Warsaw, Poland
Died: October 19, 1986, New York City, New York, USA

Moe Asch founded his first label, Smithsonian Folkways in 1987. In addition to producing records, Moe Asch possessed one of the world's finest and most eclectic collections of traditional and folk music as well as jazz.