Dean Rudland

British label owner, A&R, publisher and DJ who's frequently credited on compilations of soul, jazz, and funk. Rudland was part of the original management team at the Acid Jazz label in the early 1990s, and is today co-owner of the Acid Jazz Label Group. He went to become one of the most respected catalogue A&R men in the world, compiling the million selling Blue Break Beats Series for Blue Note, relaunching Stateside Records for EMI, and running the reissue programme for Fania Records, before becoming head of BGP Records for UK label Ace, where he's a staff member & music consultant. Run Well Suspect Records and Rufus Music Ltd. which includes the publishing company Rufus Music Publishing aka Rufus Music Publishing Ltd.