Fareed Haque | |
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.jpg) Fareed Haque in Oslo in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1963 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz,jazz fusion,classical |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Labels | Pangaea,Warner Bros.,Blue Note,Owl |
| Website | www |
Fareed Haque is an American jazz guitarist, based inChicago, Illinois.
Haque was born in Chicago in 1963. His father was fromPakistan, his mother was fromChile. When he was a child, Haque traveled with his parents all over the world, spending time inSpain,France, andIran, in addition to Pakistan and Chile. In 1981 he was given a guitar scholarship fromNorth Texas State University, where he studiedjazz guitar. He left after a year and studiedclassical guitar atNorthwestern University. At Northwestern, he joinedHoward Levy'sjazz fusion group Chevere. Levy introduced him to Cuban saxophonistPaquito D'Rivera, who became a lifelong friend and mentor.[1]
In the late 1980s, Rivera introduced Haque toSting, who had recently founded the record label Pangaea. Haque recorded two albums for Pangaea,Voices Rising andManresa, and toured with Sting. He recordedMajestad, an unreleased album forWarner Bros. Records which includedJohn Patitucci, Lenny Castro,Russell Ferrante,Michael Landau, and Carlos Vega. Then he signed withBlue Note Records, made the solo albumsSacred Addiction,Opaque, andDeja Vu, and recorded three albums withJavon Jackson. He also played withJoey Calderazzo,Joe Henderson,Bob James,Herbie Mann, andCassandra Wilson.[1]
At Northwestern, Haque was a member of Chevere, a Latin fusion group, and on their albumReunion he played with Cuban trumpeterArturo Sandoval, Panamanian pianistDanilo Pérez, and Puerto Rican percussionistGiovanni Hidalgo. He joined the jazz fusion group Zawinul Syndicate after he was introduced toJoe Zawinul byBob Belden, a producer atBlue Note Records. The Syndicate included Armenian vocalistArto Tunçboyacıyan, drummerPaco Sery from theIvory Coast, and American bassistMatt Garrison. He was a member of the Indian fusion band Summit, led by saxophonistGeorge Brooks and including Indiantabla playerZakir Hussain.[1]
In 2001 Haque foundedGaraj Mahal, ajam band that played a combination of jazz, rock, andfunk that evolved from the members' diverse musical backgrounds. The band included German bassistKai Eckhardt.[2] Garaj Mahal toured the U.S. for ten years, releasing several albums. In 2007 it won an Independent Music Award. Two years later Haque was named best world guitarist byGuitar Player.[1]
While recording for Garaj Mahal, Haque discovered theMoog Guitar andelectronic music and formed the band MathGames.[1] He started The Flat Earth Ensemble as an exploration of his Indian roots.[2] Because of his parents' heritage, he grew up hearing music from India and Pakistan. He also cites as an influence the bandShakti, led byJohn McLaughlin, and their albumNatural Elements (1977).[3]
Haque recorded withGoran Ivanovic, whose music is sometimes calledBalkan jazz. Ivanovic was born in the formerYugoslavia to aSerbian father andCroatian mother, though, like Haque, he is based in Chicago.[4] Haque and Ivanovic played classical guitar on their duets,Macedonian Blues (2003) andSeven Boats (2004).[5]
From 2019 through 2021 and beyond, Fareed Haque and oud playerWanees Zarour restarted theChicago Immigrant Orchestra, with the encouragement and financial support of theChicago World Music Festival and theOld Town School of Folk Music. (The orchestra's original incarnation ran from 1999 to 2004, led by Willy Schwartz.) Haque and Zarour recruited other local musicians to join them, and Haque also serves as concertmaster.[6][7]
Haque wrote the "Lahara Double Concerto" for guitar,sitar, and tabla. He performed it in 2004 with theChicago Sinfonietta and tabla musicianUstad Zakir Hussain. He composed the "Gamelan Concerto" as a commissioned classical guitar piece for Chicago'sFulcrum Point New Music Project. With theChicago Philharmonic he gave a concert in which he performed guitar concertos byHeitor Villa-Lobos and Aranjuez.[1]
From 1988 to 2019, Haque was a professor of jazz and classical guitar atNorthern Illinois University. He also gives interactive guitar lessons over the internet.[1]
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