Bob Koester(1932-2021)
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
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.