Russ Dewbury is one of the UK's original Jazz DJs preaching his musical gospel worldwide since the mid 80s. He is the sole power behind the Jazz Rooms, host of one of Britain's longest running club sessions, attracting aficionados from the farthest corners of the earth with its unique blend of club jazz, underground funk and Afro-Latin rhythms mixed together with the current musical mores. He is also the man responsible for Brighton's world famous Jazz Bop events.

Dewbury is also one of Britain's leading antiquarians of black music. His compilations of forgotten treasures, carefully dusted down and lovingly restored, have become must-own material for music lovers everywhere. He has worked with such jazz luminaries as Art Blakey, Pharoah Sanders and also folk-jazz legend Terry Callier, whom Dewbury managed.