Fareed Haque
Fareed Haque at Green Mill Jazz Club, Chicago
Background information
Born	1963
Occupations	Musician, professor
Instruments	Guitar
Labels	Blue Note, Owl Studios
Associated acts	Garaj Mahal, Flat Earth Ensemble
Website	www.fareed.com

Fareed Haque (born 1963) is a fusion guitar virtuoso of Pakistani and Chilean descent.

He is renowned for bringing classical and jazz styles to his jam band collaborations, including, but not limited to, those with Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Holland, Sting, Joe Henderson, Lester Bowie, Arturo Sandoval, Robert Walter, Keller Williams, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Kahil el Zabar, Defunckt, Ramsey Lewis, Gabe Noel, Edo Castro and more recently with George Brooks on "Summit" and Garaj Mahal.

Haque received the 'Most Valuable Player' award at the 2002 High Sierra Music Festival.

He is now a professor of Jazz and Classical Guitar Studies at Northern Illinois University. Fareed's notable students include Neal Alger (of Patricia Barber's group) and Bradley Fish.

You can study with Fareed at NIU or over video chat through Zachar Music

[edit] Discography

• Voices Rising (1988)
• The Poet (1988)
• Manresa (1989)
• Sacred Addiction (1993)
• Opaque (1995)
• Déjà Vu (1996)
• Macedonian Blues (2001)

[edit] External links

• Fareed Haque official site
• Study With Fareed Over Video Chat