Bob Koester(1932-2021)
- Producer
- Writer
Blues Hall of Fame honoree (1996) Robert Gregg "Bob" Koester founded
the Delmark (originally "Delmar") Records jazz label and Chicago's Jazz
Record Mart. In his teen years, he became a record trader and
collector, even while studying cinematography and business at Saint
Louis University, using his dormitory room as his mail-order
headquarters. While in St. Louis, he was a founding member of the St.
Louis Jazz Club. Moving to Chicago in 1958, he operated Seymour's Jazz
Mart in the Roosevelt University Building from 1959 to 1963, then at 7
West Grand Avenue until 1971 when it moved to 4243 N. Lincoln Avenue
and, from 2006, to 27 East Illinois Street.
