Diana Gentille (she/her)
Diana is a Utah native who has been DJing regularly for Salt City Swing for many years (and is our DJ coordinator for SCS). An interest in swing music is what initially attracted her to Lindy Hop, and she hopes that she can inspire a similar appreciation for Jazz in others. 

Diana’s goal is to play songs that make it more difficult to sit down than to get up and dance. Some of her favorite artists include Ella Fitzgerald, Jonah Jones, and Kid Ory. 

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Andrew Jose (he/him)
Andrew started to DJ in the early 2010s, and since then has been a regular DJ at local venues in Southern California. Currently he is one of the house DJs for Lindygroove, one of LA’s longest running swing dance venues. Andrew has also been brought in to DJ at local, regional, and national events, including Inspiration Weekend, Berkeley Lindy Exchange, Stormy Weather Jazz Festival, and The Great Southwest Lindyfest. 

As an avid dancer for the past 17 years, Andrew works hard to bring fun, novel, and most importantly swinging tunes to any floor he DJs for.

 

Blake Morris (he/they)
Blake found Lindy Hop in 2018 through their love of Jazz. The beat and rhythm of Swing Jazz is just too good not to move your body to. They also enjoy Traditional Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jump Blues, and Jazz Rap. 

They can be found often DJing at the weekly local Salt City Swing social dances with music that ranges from making you want to just groove to high flying swing outs. 

Some of their favorite artists are Count Basie, Cootie Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Wilbur De Paris, and Oscar Peterson. But, there are so many more. 

 

Taka Yanagita
Taka has been dancing for 17 years and DJ'ed for 16 of them.  Having grown up in a musical family, a large part of his joy in dancing lies in music.  

With trad Jazz and big band as the basis of his sets, Taka also plays combo Jazz, Blues, Jump Blues, traditional R&B, Soul, and other contemporary sounds to keep the dance floor energized and fun.

 

Jessie Keefe (all/all)
Jessie found dancing in 2011, while dabbling in other styles she can’t get enough of the Blues! She has been dancing all over the world, and nationally she has traveled to, DJ’d, and taught at various events. 

She is passionate about bringing fun to her lessons and events, and loves that dance gives her a way to always be learning. She hopes to inspire the same curiosity in others.

 

Andre Perov (he/him)
Andre loves different styles of music and has been collecting vinyl and shellac records for a while. He has been DJing at the local SLC swing scene and at the local SLC Argentine tango scene since 2015. 
Andre DJ all his sets using shellac or vinyl records with several turntables and styluses designed for proper reproduction of those records. All sets are pure analog without any digital reproduction and intended to create “the feel of those old days” of DJing with vinyl and shellac records. His collection contains hundreds of original shellac recordings of big bands, Jazz and Country Music and even more vinyl records of different styles.