Apr 16th, 2008 · Every September since 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival transforms the municipal fairgrounds into a vast, sun-speckled California music weekend. JazzSet picks the best moments from the 50th Monterey Jazz Festival, including performances from Gerald Wilson and Otis Taylor.
Sep 21st, 2007 · Otis Taylor plays what he calls "trance blues" -- a blues sound drenched in Appalachian country music and moody, psychedelic rock. He discovered blues and folk music after hearing the work of Mississippi John Hurt. Hear the eclectic musician perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Apr 11th, 2006 · Ed Gordon talks with Clarence Otis, Jr., CEO of the Darden Corp., which owns restaurants including Red Lobster and the Olive Garden. Otis is one of only four black CEOs of a Fortune 500 company.
Feb 27th, 2006 · Otis Chandler, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times, has died at 78 in Ojai, Calif. The patriarch of the Southern California Chandler clan inherited the publisher's job at the Los Angeles Times and transformed the paper from a punchline to a journalistic powerhouse.
Feb 25th, 2005 · It's the company behind Olive Garden and Red Lobster and it's served up some tasty returns for investors. We talk profits, pasta, and seafood with Darden Restaurants CEO Clarence Otis.