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Fareed Haque

Fareed Haque is a modern guitar virtuoso. Steeped in classical and jazz traditions, his unique command of the guitar and different musical styles inspire his musical ventures with tradition and fearless innovation.

Since 2011, Haque has returned to his first loves, jazz guitar and classical guitar. He has been busy performing and recording with his trio featuring legendary B3 virtuoso Tony Monaco, his own trio and jazz quartet, as well as his larger world music group the Flat Earth Ensemble.

Recent releases include the critically acclaimed Out of Nowhere featuring drummer Billy Hart and bassist George Mraz, The Flat Earth Ensemble's latest release Trance Hypothesis, and The Tony Monaco/Fareed Haque release Furry Slippers that reached the top 10 in Jazz Radio Airplay.

IN addition, Fareed has performed at the Chicago, Detroit, and Java Jazz festivals and was featured as part of the Made in Chicago Series performing with his numerous groups at Millenium Park's Pritzker Pavillion in Chicago. He also performed and arranged numerous classical programs as 2013 artist-in-residence for The Chicago Latin Music Festival, was featured on WBEZ, as well as WFMT's Fiesta! radio programs, and has recorded his arrangement of Piazzolla's 5 Tango Sensations, El Alevin by Eduardo Angulo Leo Brouwer's Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet with the critically acclaimed Kaia String Quartet. Haque continues to tour and record extensively along with documenting his unique teaching methods in a series of best selling interactive video courses through TrueFire.

IN 2016, Haque was invited to perform at the Indianapolis Jazz Festival Tribute to Wes Montgomery along with Peter Bernstein, Bobby Broom, Henry Johnson, Will Mathews, Russell Malone, Pat Martino, and Dave Stryker. He was also a visiting scholar at Western Michigan University. Recent projects include artistic directorship of numerous jazz festivals, performances with Tony Monaco, Paquito D'Rivera, Vijay Iyer, pundit Vikku Vinacrayam, long-anticipated reunion concerts with Garaj Mahal, concerts in India, a return to Java Jazz, and concerts and teaching in China. In 2017, Mr. Haque released The Bridge with virtuoso Chilean bassist Christian Galvez and renowned Indian percussionist Selva Ganesh. Haque has also rekindled his duo with Goran Ivanovic. Performances include Canadian Guitar Festival, Winters Jazz Fest NYC, Lotus Music Fest, and many others. Upcoming tours in China and Europe are slated for 2018. Haque has joined drum legend Billy Cobham as a member of his Crosswinds Ensemble featuring Haque on guitars, Randy Brecker on Trumpet, and Paul Hansen on sax and bassoon. Extensive touring and recording are slated for 2019. Haque's most recent release NEW LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC FOR GUITAR AND STRING QUARTET was picked by Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune as one of the top releases of 2018. In addition, the release was chosen as Downbeat Magazine Editor's Pick in 2018. 2019 portends to be a busy year, as Haque has retired from 30 years at Northern Illinois University to accommodate extended tours with Cobham, Goran Ivanovic, and his own groups. Highlights to include The Montreux Jazz Festival with Cobham, and appearances with his own groups at The Bluenote Beijing, Louisville, and Minneapolis Guitar Festivals among others. New recordings with his own group and with Goran Ivanovic are scheduled for 2019, under the legendary Delmark Label.

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Album Review

Alternative Guitar Summit: Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1

Read "Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Each year the Alternative Guitar Summit, led by Joel Harrison, presents a concert to honor a living jazz composer/guitarist. That wasn't possible in 2021, however, as venues in and around New York City were shuttered tight by the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, it was clear that the chosen honoree, the great Pat Martino, was gravely ill and might not have another year to live. With that in mind, members of the Summit took their guitars straight to a studio to record ...

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Joanie Pallatto: My Original Plan

Read "My Original Plan" reviewed by Jack Bowers


"Give my new disc a spin," Chicago-based vocalist Joanie Pallatto e-mailed. “I think you'll like it." That was more than twenty years ago, and Pallatto was right. That album, Words & Music (Southport Records, 1999), was splendid, as was Pallatto, reciting memorable lyrics by Rodgers & Hart, the Gershwin brothers, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hoagy Carmichael, Bob Dorough and others. It's now 2021 and Pallatto has recorded another “new disc," My Original Plan, on which she sings as well as ever. ...

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Fareed Haque: Trance Hypothesis

Read "Trance Hypothesis" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Guitarist Fareed Haque answers the musical question, what if Jimmy Smith's chicken shack served tandoori chicken? His world music DNA--son of a Pakistani father and Chilean mother grants him the authority to make blender drinks of all the musics that are stockpiled in his brain. A master of music in jazz, classical, and the music of the Asian sub-continent, Haque has found a home in the bands of Paquito D'Rivera, Javon Jackson, Kahil El'Zabar, and Sting. His funk/jamband ...

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Fareed Haque: Out of Nowhere

Read "Fareed Haque: Out of Nowhere" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Fareed Haque is quite clear about the impact of guitarist Pat Martino on his own playing: “He is my inspiration in jazz guitar. And if I have a mission, it's to blend the John McLaughlin world with the Pat Martino world. Every guitarist, every musician, is a synthesis of the history. So if you want to understand Pat Martino, you've got to listen to Jimmy Smith and Grant Green. And if you want to understand me, you've got to listen ...

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Garaj Mahal: Woot

Read "Woot" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Garaj Mahal is a strange and colorful bird. It's music draws heavily from '70s fusion, with elements of everything from the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever to Weather Report, as well as progressive rock bands in the broadest sense of the term. To this already potent mix where, needless to say, high octane musicianship is par for the course are added elements of funk, jazz, and a certain melodic quality vaguely reminiscent of the Grateful Dead.

Garaj ...

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The Fareed Haque Group: Cosmic Hug

Read "Cosmic Hug" reviewed by John Kelman


When guitarist Fareed Haque first came onto the scene in the late '80s, he revealed his impressive technique and placed diverse musical interests, including classical and Indian music, within a more improvisational jazz context. It seemed as though he'd be the next big thing. With a melodic sensibility that brought to mind certain elements of Pat Metheny, along with the blinding technique of an Al Di Meola (albeit more restrained and, consequently, less bombastic), it just seemed like a sure ...

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Award Winning Vocalist Joanie Pallatto To Release New CD 'My Original Plan' Featuring Fareed Haque On Friday, April 16th, 2021

Award Winning Vocalist Joanie Pallatto To Release New CD 'My Original Plan' Featuring Fareed Haque On Friday, April 16th, 2021

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service

Southport Records announces the new CD of all original music from award winning singer/songwriter, Joanie Pallatto—My Original Plan featuring Fareed Haque. Jazzy Pop! My Original Plan is a collection of 14 magical songs, filled with hip lush arrangements, co-produced by Joanie Pallatto and Fareed Haque. Featuring Musicians modern guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque with John Devlin, Luiz Ewerling, Howard Levy, Bradley Parker-Sparrow, Bill Nolte, Bobby Lewis, Steve Eisen, Kurt Schweitz and Juan Pastor. “Listen closely and find out how to dream ...

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Fareed Haque, Ted Sirota And Others At Constellation, April 22, For Fundraiser

Fareed Haque, Ted Sirota And Others At Constellation, April 22, For Fundraiser

Source: Anthony Buttitta

Some of Chicago’s finest jazz, classical, blues and world musicians come together to make a joyful noise against the fascist agenda of the Trump/Pence regime. All proceeds will go to fund actions and publicity for Refuse Fascism. Fareed Haque / Goran Ivanovich Duo George Flynn with Cory Tiffin & Leila Bowie Juli Wood Trio with Dan DeLorenzo & Mike Schlick Erwin Helfer (solo piano) Chicago Afro-Beat Project Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 8:30 pm ...

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Jazz This Week: Fareed Haque's Mathgames, Jeff Coffin, Johnny Boyd, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, the Wee Trio, and More

Jazz This Week: Fareed Haque's Mathgames, Jeff Coffin, Johnny Boyd, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, the Wee Trio, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

If you've checked out the first three parts of StLJN's fall 2013 jazz preview, you already may have realized that we're heading into what could be the busiest three weeks of the season, with a wide assortment of touring musicians and special events coming up. Here's a look at the highlights of the next few days... Tonight, guitarist Fareed Haque brings his fusion band Mathgames to The Gramophone; saxophonist Chad Evans leads a quartet in a free concert for the ...

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Rob Hart Trio Releases "3000 Realms Of 10 Worlds" - Special Guests: Kai Eckhardt / Stu Hamm / Fareed Haque

Rob Hart Trio Releases "3000 Realms Of 10 Worlds" - Special Guests: Kai Eckhardt / Stu Hamm / Fareed Haque

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations

“The concept of 3000 REALMS OF 10 WORLDS (July 1 release, self-released) is to divulge many musical styles from different ethnicities and countries around the globe, to explore beyond musical boundaries. The basic core recording sessions started with the trio lineup and then built layers upon these basic trio sessions. I have added overdub layers, from subtle to more involved and intense. I have been exploring and raising the bar with my compositional abilities and this CD features my expanding ...

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Performance / Tour

Fareed Haque Bringing MathGames to 2720 Cherokee on Friday, March 18

Fareed Haque Bringing MathGames to 2720 Cherokee on Friday, March 18

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Guitarist Fareed Haque is returning to St. Louis later this month, bringing his new band MathGames to town for a performance at 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 18 at 2720 Cherokee. In an interview earlier this year, Haque (pictured) told the blog Chicago Jam Scene that MathGames is now his “primary project" following his departure from Garaj Mahal, who have played here several times in recent years. Described as an “electro-funktronic rave-up," MathGames made its debut last November in Chicago, and ...

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Garaj Mahal - More Mr. Nice Guy, Plus a Bonus from Fareed Haque! (2010)

Garaj Mahal - More Mr. Nice Guy, Plus a Bonus from Fareed Haque! (2010)

Source: Something Else!

By PicoRight about a year and a half ago, jam band extraordinaire Garaj Mahal wowed us with their nimble, creative offering w00t, which made 2008's “Best Of" list of fusion records, and contained a killer track I thought topped all other songs in the fusion jazz category. Now in their tenth year of existence, this quartet of jazz-rock-world music maestros recently followed up with another CD More Mr. Nice Guy (on sale since March 9), an album that ...

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Jazz This Week: Caribbean Jazz Project, Fareed Haque, Diverse and More

Jazz This Week: Caribbean Jazz Project, Fareed Haque, Diverse and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Along with the official start of spring, this weekend brings several events of interest to fans of jazz and creative music in St. Louis.The weekend's best-known headliners are Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project, who will open a four-night run this evening at Jazz at the Bistro. You can see some video of the CJP in action here, and listen to a podcast interview with Samuels hereOn Thursday evening, drummer Ben Thigpen leads his group ...

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Fareed Haque's Flat Earth Ensemble Performing Thursday, March 18 at 2720

Fareed Haque's Flat Earth Ensemble Performing Thursday, March 18 at 2720

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Guitarist Fareed Haque (pictured) was in St. Louis most recently back in December to perform with his band Garaj Mahal at 2720 Cherokee (aka 2720). Apparently, it must have worked out well for all concerned, because Haque is coming back to 2720 - this time with his band the Flat Earth Ensemble - on Thursday, March 18.The Flat Earth Ensemble includes Haque, keyboard player Willerm Delisfort and tabla drummer Subrata Bhattacharya, and plays what's described as “a free ...

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Medeski Martin and Wood, Fareed Haque to Perform in St. Louis This Weekend at Loyal Earth Festival

Medeski Martin and Wood, Fareed Haque to Perform in St. Louis This Weekend at Loyal Earth Festival

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Although the Loyal Earth Festival 2009 scheduled for this weekend in St. Louis will feature primarily musicians identified with the jam-band scene, the event also will include some acts of interest to jazz fans.Billed as “5 Days of Music & Art to Celebrate Our Planet," it's being produced by local promoters Loyal Family and former Lucas School House proprietor Dan Jameson, and will take place Thursday, April 16 through Monday, April 20 at the Old Rock House, 1200 ...

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Accidental Melody

Southport Records
2023

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Transcendence

AVG Records
2022

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Honoring Pat Martino,...

HighNote Records
2022

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My Original Plan

Southport Records
2021

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Wait Until Dark

Self Produced
2020

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Fareed Haque: Out of...

Charleston Square Recordings
2014

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My Original Plan

From: My Original Plan
By Fareed Haque

For One Alone

From: Wait Until Dark
By Fareed Haque

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