FW: Paul Asch, leader of the original San Francisco jazz orchestra?

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Barry Popik sent me the message below, and I now forward it to ads-l.  Can anyone perhaps add to it?

Gerald Cohen
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From: Barry Popik [bapopik at aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:04 AM
To: Cohen, Gerald Leonard
Cc: lrpjazz at gmail.com; bgzimmer at gmail.com
Subject: Paul Asch, leader of the original San Francisco jazz orchestra?

FWIW, I was in the very comprehensive but I-can't sort-by-date Old
Fulton NY Post Cards database, now at over 21 millions pages. This
might be interesting for the origins of "jazz" music in San Francisco:
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http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
1918 (no date on page), Variety, pg. 8, col. 2:
Paul Asch, leader of the original San Francisco "jazz orchestra,"
enlisted in the Marines last week and joined the band at Mare Island.
...
There's not much on Paul Asch except for this, from GenealogyBank.com:
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Date: Tuesday, June 18, 1918
Paper: Evening News (San Jose, CA)
Volume: 168
Issue: 437
Page: Three
U. S. MARINE CORPS BAND
(...)
PAUL ASCH, Pianist
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Barry Popik
Austin, TX

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