The following are past performers and programs of the MLK Jr. Tribute event:
|
Year |
Year Count |
Date |
Location |
Performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1982 |
1st Annual |
Jan 22 1982 |
Northrop |
Reginald Buckner Quartet, Twin Cities Mass Choir, UMN Brass |
|
1983 |
2nd Annual |
Jan 23 1983 |
Northrop |
Reginald Buckner Quartet, Twin Cities Mass Choir, UMN Brass |
|
1984 |
3rd Annual |
Jan 8 1984 |
Northrop |
Minnesota Brass, Uchawi Dancers, Zion Baptist Church Senior Choir, Saxophone Quartet, Buckner Quartet, Dennis Spears, Warren Bowles |
|
1985 |
4th Annual |
Jan 6 1985 |
Northrop |
Dr. Zelma George, Buckner Quartet |
|
1986 |
5th Annual |
Jan 19 1986 |
Northrop |
Noel Pointer, John Amos, UMN Brass, Reginald Buckner Quartet |
|
1987 |
6th Annual |
Jan 18 1987 |
Northrop |
Ruby Dee, UMN Brass, Reginald Buckner Quartet |
|
1988 |
7th Annual |
Jan 17 1988 |
Northrop |
Reginald Buckner Quartet, Maya Angelou |
|
1989 |
8th Annual |
Jan 15 1989 |
Northrop |
Geoffrey Holder, Reginald Buckner Quartet |
|
1990 |
9th Annual |
Jan 14 1990 |
Northrop |
Penumbra Theatre Company |
|
1991 |
10th Annual |
Jan 20 1991 |
Northrop |
Buckner Memorial Ensemble, Penumbre Theatre Company |
|
1992 |
11th Annual |
Jan 19 1992 |
Northrop |
Buckner Memorial Ensemble, Penumbre Theatre Company, Minneapolis Gospel Sound, Bell Congo |
|
1993 |
12th Annual |
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1994 |
13th Annual |
Jan 16 1994 |
Ted Mann |
Steeles, T. Mychael Rambo, Buckner Memorial Ensemble |
|
1995 |
14th Annual |
Jan 22 1995 |
Ted Mann |
John Amos, Buckner Memorial Ensemble |
|
1996 |
15th Annual |
Jan 14 1996 |
Ted Mann |
Sounds of Blackness, Buckner Memorial Ensemble, Robyne Robinson |
|
1997 |
16th Annual |
Jan 19 1997 |
Ted Mann |
Steeles, Mary Easter Dancers, Buckner Memorial Ensemble |
|
1998 |
17th Annual |
Jan 18 1998 |
Ted Mann |
Lorraine Johnson-Coleman, Buckner Memorial Ensemble, UMN Gospel Choir |
|
1999 |
18th Annual |
Jan 17 1999 |
Ted Mann |
Chuck Davis, Diverse Dance groups, Buckner Memorial Ensemble featuring Kathleen A. Hardy |
|
2000 |
19th Annual |
Jan 23 2000 |
Ted Mann |
Sounds of Blackness, Buckner Memorial Ensemble |
|
2001 |
20th Annual |
Feb 18 2001 |
Ted Mann |
Twin Cities Pop Artists, Buckner Memorial Ensemble |
|
2002 |
21st Annual |
Feb 2 2002 |
Ted Mann |
Poetry, film, video, dance and theater featuring performers from U community, external community with Jevetta Steele, Buckner Memorial Ensemble |
|
2003 |
22nd Annual |
Feb 2 2003 |
Ted Mann |
Multi-arts College Concert similar to 2002, Buckner Memorial Ensemble |
|
2004 |
23rd Annual |
Feb 1 2004 |
Ted Mann |
Robert Robinson and combined choirs, Buckner Memorial Ensemble |
|
2005 |
24th Annual |
Feb 27 2005 |
Ted Mann |
Sounds of Blackness, T. Mychael Rambo |
|
2006 |
25th Annual |
Feb 5 2006 |
Ted Mann |
Bruce A. Henry, Debbie Duncan, Gwen Matthews, UMN African Music Ensemble, 7 Days |
|
2007 |
26th Annual |
Jan 21 2007 |
Ted Mann |
Sounds of Blackness, 4Given |
|
2008 |
27th Annual |
Jan 20 2008 |
Ted Mann |
Steeles, Tracey Buckner |
|
2009 |
28th Annual |
Feb 22 2009 |
Ted Mann |
Take 6 |
|
2010 |
29th Annual |
Feb 21 2010 |
Ted Mann |
Billy Steele, Voices Merging, Charmin Michelle, Minneapolis South High Jazz Ensemble, LaTannia Ellerbe, T. Mychael Rambo |
|
2011 |
30th Annual |
Jan 23 2011 |
Ted Mann |
The Steeles, 4Given, The Langston Hughes Project: Jazz Moods for Dreamers (with Dr. John Wright), T. Mychael Rambo |
|
2012 |
31st Annual |
Jan 15 2012 |
Ted Mann |
Committed, Larry Long, Billy Peterson, Tonia Hughes, Billy Steele, Ahmad Lewis |
|
2013 |
32nd Annual |
Jan 20 2013 |
Ted Mann |
Oleta Adams, Ahmad Lewis, Walker West Music Academy |
|
2014 |
33rd Annual |
Jan 19 2014 |
Ted Mann |
Bill Banfield and Jazz Urbane, Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell, Yolanda Williams, high school students from the FAIR School |
|
2015 |
34th Annual |
Jan 22 2015 |
Ted Mann |
IU Soul Revue, U of M Carnaval, G. Phillip Shoultz, III |
|
2016 |
35th Annual |
Jan 21 2016 |
Ted Mann |
Committed, Pippi Ardennia, Sheri Hixon |
| 2017 |
36th Annual |
Jan 19, 2017 |
Ted Mann |
V Bozeman, DJ Miss Brit, U of M Jazz Combo |
| 2018 | 37th Annual | Jan 18, 2018 | Ted Mann | The Avant Garde: Jovonta Patton, Ashley DuBose, Chadwick "Niles" Phillips, Delphin Starr, Meah Ismail, and Daonna Lewis. |
| 2019 | 38th Annual | Jan 20, 2019 | Ted Mann | G. Phillip Shoultz, III; VocalEssence Singers Of this Age; Ginger Commodore; Jacob Dodd; Brian A. Grandison; Tracey Buckner, daughter of Reginald Buckner; Karla Nweje; Chadwick “Niles” Phillips; Atosha Rypa; U of M student brass ensemble; Harry Waters, Jr.; Minneapolis Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins. |
| 2020 | 39th Annual | Jan 19, 2020 | Ted Mann Concert Hall | G. Phillip Shoultz, III; Freddie Bell and Chantel Sings of The Morning Show on KMOJ Radio; Hollywood Studio of Dance (Diane Elliott-Robinson, founder); the University of Minnesota Gospel Choir (Adrian Davis, director); and the U of M student brass ensemble. |