Under the leadership of Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the LCJO performs a vast repertory, from rare historic compositions by composers such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, and Charles Mingus, to newly commissioned works by Benny Carter, Joe Henderson, Jimmy Heath, Chico O'Farrill, and others. The LCJO currently spends over half of the year on tour and in February 2000 made its debut in China, Taiwan, New Zealand, and Hawaii. For its tour to Russia in summer 1999, the LCJO was designated Cultural Ambassador of the United States of America under the White House Millennium Council Program. Major support has also been provided by The National Endowment for the Arts . Audience dances on dance floor.
Audience is seated in concert hall.