An uncompromising, charismatic dancer and choreographer, he was a towering (6-foot-3) figure who taught, wrote and had the ability, a colleague said, “to wake you up.” By Gia Kourlas Our critics and ...

For days, rumors had been circulating on social media that legendary trumpeter Donald Byrd had died away. On Thursday, reports of the jazz musician and educator extraordinaire's death were confirmed ...

Choreographer Donald Byrd recently became fascinated with Indian music — not the ancient kind, but the pounding rhythms of Indian dance clubs. This week, he brings to Houston the result of that ...