Koester, Bob. Collection 1958-1982, 2001

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Koester, Bob. Collection 1958-1982, 2001

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Bob Koester, record collector, owner of Delmark Records and Jazz Record Mart in Chicago. The Bob Koester Collection includes issues of Jazz Report and Music Memories and Jazz Report.

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University of Chicago. Chicago Jazz Archive

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Founded in 1976, the University of Chicago Library's Chicago Jazz Archive initially sought to preserve materials documenting the birth and early growth of jazz in Chicago. In partnership with the Jazz Institute of Chicago the collections grew significantly. Collections now detail more than eight decades of Chicago jazz life and history. Recordings, publications, photographs, articles, posters, programs, ticket stubs, and other ephemera of musicians, clubs, record companies, and jazz...

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Koester, Bob, 1932-

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Bob Koester was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1932. Koester opened Delmar Records in 1953 in St. Louis. In 1958, Koester moved his record store to Chicago, changing the name to Delmark. During the 1960s, Koester focused on the Chicago jazz and blues scene, recording seminal Chicago blues artists and the avant-garde jazz of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. He also reissued Sun Ra's first two albums. Delmark Records is one of the oldest independent record labels in the Unite...