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    Robert G. Koester
    Robert G. Koester

    American record store owner, producer and label owner

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    Born: 30th October 1932 Wichita, Kansas, USA
    Died: 12th May 2021 Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Known as Bob. Founder and owner of Delmar Records - named after the street of his first store - later changed to Delmar Records. Moved to Chicago in 1958 and opened the first Jazz Record Mart store which has gone on to be a Chicago institution. He sold the store in 2016 and opened the smalled Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart a few months later.
    Husband of Susan Koester.

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