{"id":704,"date":"2021-06-20T03:56:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T03:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williewaldman.com\/?p=704"},"modified":"2021-07-27T20:46:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T20:46:21","slug":"fareed-haque-bio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/williewaldman.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/20\/fareed-haque-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Fareed Haque Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#Education\">1Education<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#Early_albums\">2Early albums<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#Diverse_groups\">3Diverse groups<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#Classical_music\">4Classical music<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#Discography\">5Discography<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#References\">6References<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#External_links\">7External links<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Haque was born in Chicago in 1963. His father was from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\">Pakistan<\/a>, his mother from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\">Chile<\/a>. When he was a child, Haque traveled with his parents all over the world, spending time in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\">Spain<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\">France<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\">Iran<\/a>, in addition to Pakistan and Chile. In 1981 he was given a guitar scholarship from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Texas_State_University\">North Texas State University<\/a>, where he studied&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jazz_guitar\">jazz guitar<\/a>. He left after a year and studied&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classical_guitar\">classical guitar<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northwestern_University\">Northwestern University<\/a>. At Northwestern, he joined&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Levy\">Howard Levy<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jazz_fusion\">jazz fusion<\/a>&nbsp;group. Levy introduced him to Cuban saxophonist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paquito_D%27Rivera\">Paquito D&#8217;Rivera<\/a>, who became a lifelong friend and mentor.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-NIU-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early albums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the late 1980s, Rivera introduced Haque to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sting_(musician)\">Sting<\/a>, who had recently founded the record label Pangaea. Haque recorded two albums for Pangaea,&nbsp;<em>Voices Rising<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Manresa<\/em>, and toured with Sting. He recorded&nbsp;<em>Majestad<\/em>, an unreleased album for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warner_Bros._Records\">Warner Bros. Records<\/a>&nbsp;which included&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Patitucci\">John Patitucci<\/a>, Lenny Castro,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russell_Ferrante\">Russell Ferrante<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Landau\">Michael Landau<\/a>, and Carlos Vega. Then he signed with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Note_Records\">Blue Note Records<\/a>, made the solo albums&nbsp;<em>Sacred Addiction<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Opaque<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Deja Vu<\/em>, and recorded three albums with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Javon_Jackson\">Javon Jackson<\/a>. He also played with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joey_Calderazzo\">Joey Calderazzo<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Henderson\">Joe Henderson<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_James_(musician)\">Bob James<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbie_Mann\">Herbie Mann<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cassandra_Wilson\">Cassandra Wilson<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-NIU-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diverse groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At Northwestern, Haque was a member of Chevere, a Latin fusion group, and on their album&nbsp;<em>Reunion<\/em>&nbsp;he played with Cuban trumpeter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arturo_Sandoval\">Arturo Sandoval<\/a>, Panamanian pianist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danilo_P%C3%A9rez\">Danilo P\u00e9rez<\/a>, and Puerto Rican percussionist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giovanni_Hidalgo\">Giovanni Hidalgo<\/a>. He joined the jazz fusion group Zawinul Syndicate after he was introduced to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Zawinul\">Joe Zawinul<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Belden\">Bob Belden<\/a>, a producer at Blue Note. The Syndicate included Armenian vocalist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arto_Tun%C3%A7boyac%C4%B1yan\">Arto Tun\u00e7boyac\u0131yan<\/a>, drummer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paco_Sery\">Paco Sery<\/a>&nbsp;from the Ivory Coast, and American bassist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Garrison\">Matt Garrison<\/a>. He was a member of the Indian fusion band Summit, led by saxophonist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Brooks_(musician)\">George Brooks<\/a>&nbsp;and including Indian&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tabla\">tabla<\/a>&nbsp;player&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)\">Zakir Hussain<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-NIU-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2001 Haque founded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garaj_Mahal\">Garaj Mahal<\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jam_band\">jam band<\/a>&nbsp;that played a combination of jazz, rock, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funk\">funk<\/a>&nbsp;that evolved from the members&#8217; diverse musical backgrounds. The band included German bassist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kai_Eckhardt\">Kai Eckhardt<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-Leslie-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;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 by&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guitar_Player\">Guitar Player<\/a><\/em>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-NIU-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While recording for Garaj Mahal, Haque discovered the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moog_Guitar\">Moog Guitar<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electronic_music\">electronic music<\/a>&nbsp;and formed the band MathGames.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-NIU-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;He started The Flat Earth Ensemble as an exploration of his Indian roots.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-Leslie-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Because of his parents&#8217; heritage, he grew up hearing music from India and Pakistan. He also cites as an influence the band&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shakti_(band)\">Shakti<\/a>, led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_McLaughlin_(musician)\">John McLaughlin<\/a>, and their album&nbsp;<em>Natural Elements<\/em>&nbsp;(1977).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-Prown-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haque recorded with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Goran_Ivanovic&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Goran Ivanovic<\/a>, whose music is sometimes called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkan_jazz\">Balkan jazz<\/a>. Ivanovic was born in the former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yugoslavia\">Yugoslavia<\/a>&nbsp;to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbs\">Serbian<\/a>&nbsp;father and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croats\">Croatian<\/a>&nbsp;mother, though, like Haque, he is based in Chicago.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-Walton-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Haque and Ivanovic played classical guitar on their duets,&nbsp;<em>Macedonian Blues<\/em>&nbsp;(2003) and&nbsp;<em>Seven Boats<\/em>&nbsp;(2004).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-Steinberg-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Classical music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Haque wrote the &#8220;Lahara Double Concerto&#8221; for guitar,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sitar\">sitar<\/a>, and tabla. He performed it in 2004 with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Sinfonietta\">Chicago Sinfonietta<\/a>&nbsp;and tabla musician&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ustad_Zakir_Hussain\">Ustad Zakir Hussain<\/a>. He composed the &#8220;Gamelan Concerto&#8221; as a commissioned classical guitar piece for the Fulcrum Point Ensemble. With the Chicago Philharmonic he gave a concert in which he performed guitar concertos by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heitor_Villa-Lobos\">Heitor Villa-Lobos<\/a>&nbsp;and Aranjuez.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-NIU-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1988, he was hired by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Illinois_University\">Northern Illinois University<\/a>&nbsp;to teach jazz and classical guitar. He also gives interactive guitar lessons over the internet.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_note-NIU-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Voices Rising<\/em>&nbsp;(Pangaea, 1988)<\/li><li><em>Manresa<\/em>&nbsp;(Pangaea, 1989)<\/li><li><em>Sacred Addiction<\/em>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Note_Records\">Blue Note<\/a>, 1993)<\/li><li><em>Opaque<\/em>&nbsp;(Blue Note, 1995)<\/li><li><em>D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu<\/em>&nbsp;(Blue Note, 1997)<\/li><li><em>Macedonian Blues<\/em>&nbsp;with Goran Ivanovic (Proteus, 2001)<\/li><li>\u201cCosmic Hug\u201d (Magnitude, 2005)<\/li><li><em>Flat Planet<\/em>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Owl_Studios\">Owl<\/a>, 2008)<\/li><li><em>Trance Hypothesis<\/em>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delmark_Records\">Delmark<\/a>, 2013)<\/li><li><em>Out of Nowhere<\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Hart\">Billy Hart<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Mraz\">George Mraz<\/a>&nbsp;(Charleston Square, 2013)<\/li><li><em>New Latin American Music for Guitar and String Quartet<\/em>&nbsp;with Kaia String Quartet (Delmark, 2018)<\/li><li><em>IndoBalkan<\/em>&nbsp;with Goran Ivanovic (Delmark, 2020)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>^&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-NIU_1-0\">Jump up to:<sup><em><strong>a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-NIU_1-1\"><sup><em><strong>b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-NIU_1-2\"><sup><em><strong>c<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-NIU_1-3\"><sup><em><strong>d<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-NIU_1-4\"><sup><em><strong>e<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-NIU_1-5\"><sup><em><strong>f<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-NIU_1-6\"><sup><em><strong>g<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160728222047\/http:\/\/www.niu.edu\/music\/faculty\/fhaque.shtml\">&#8220;Fareed Haque &#8211; NIU &#8211; School of Music&#8221;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>www.niu.edu<\/em>. Archived from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.niu.edu\/music\/faculty\/fhaque.shtml\">the original<\/a>&nbsp;on 28 July 2016. Retrieved&nbsp;4 September&nbsp;2016.<\/li><li>^&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-Leslie_2-0\">Jump up to:<sup><em><strong>a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-Leslie_2-1\"><sup><em><strong>b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;Leslie, Jimmy (1 March 2009).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/artists\/1013\/fareed-haque\/15063\">&#8220;Fareed Haque&#8221;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>GuitarPlayer.com<\/em>. Retrieved&nbsp;4 September&nbsp;2016.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-Prown_3-0\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Prown, Pete (9 February 2010).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintageguitar.com\/3935\/fareed-haque\/\">&#8220;Fareed Haque: Worldly Jazz Virtuoso&#8221;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Vintage Guitar<\/em>. Retrieved&nbsp;4 September&nbsp;2016.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-Walton_4-0\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Walton, Jack (11 February 2016).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southbendtribune.com\/entertainment\/inthebend\/music\/there-s-more-to-guitarist-goran-ivanovic-s-music-than\/article_d6ef0d96-6972-58fc-b776-cfba7fed00ce.html\">&#8220;There&#8217;s more to guitarist Goran Ivanovic&#8217;s music than &#8216;Balkan jazz'&#8221;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>South Bend Tribune<\/em>. Retrieved&nbsp;4 September&nbsp;2016.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fareed_Haque#cite_ref-Steinberg_5-0\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Steinberg, Aaron (July 2004).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160916171105\/http:\/\/jazztimes.com\/articles\/14861-seven-boats-goran-ivanovic-fareed-haque\">&#8220;Jazz Albums: Seven Boats Goran Ivanovic\/Fareed Haque&#8221;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>jazztimes.com<\/em>. Archived from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/jazztimes.com\/articles\/14861-seven-boats-goran-ivanovic-fareed-haque\">the original<\/a>&nbsp;on 16 September 2016. Retrieved&nbsp;4 September&nbsp;2016.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fareed.haque1\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fareed.haque1<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Fareed Haque\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/0P6TEBXyjHGGl0QxDhbTUv\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Saxophone Sisters with the Fareed Haque Trio\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Yo7E9DMBlM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fareed Haque 10\/16\/2015  9pm!!\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DT9eonhqPtY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1Education 2Early albums 3Diverse groups 4Classical music 5Discography 6References 7External links Education Haque was born in Chicago in 1963. His father was from&nbsp;Pakistan, his mother from&nbsp;Chile. When he was a child, Haque traveled with his parents all over the world, spending time in&nbsp;Spain,&nbsp;France, and&nbsp;Iran, in addition to Pakistan and Chile. 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