The Jazz Report
- Place of Publication: St. Louis, MO
- Language: English
- Date of Publication: 1953-1960
- Periodicity: Irregular
- Editor: Robert G. Koester
- Publishers: Robert G. Koester
- Lacunae: Vol. 1 no. 2-3, 12; Vol. 2 no. 1, 3. A copy of these issues could not be located.
- Type: Full Text
A publication of the St. Louis Jazz Club and edited by Robert G. Koester, The Jazz Report was a typescript publication devoted to jazz and blues. Published quarterly except for 1957-1958 in which it was published near-monthly, issues varied from some 4 to 20 pages. While certain issues are missing from RIPM’s run, a copy of these could not be located.
Robert (Bob) Koester (1932-2021) was a record producer and founder of Delmark Records, a prominent recording company devoted to the blues. At the time of The Jazz Report, Koester was a recent college drop-out with an interest in jazz and blues and he helped found the St. Louis Jazz Club. As the club’s organ, The Jazz Report published news and research on St. Louis musicians of past and present, the activities of the club, as well as news from Chicago, Boston, and other cities in the United States. Koester also ran The Blue Note record shop, where recordings discussed could be obtained. The Jazz Report continued publication from Chicago following Koester’s move in the summer of 1958, and by the its end focus shifted from musician profiles and research to discography and record sales lists. The final issues were published by Seymour’s Record Mart on South Wabash Avenue. Unable to keep up the pace of publication, Koester passed The Jazz Report to Paul Affeldt in Ventura, California who began publishing a new Jazz Report from 1960 to 1975.