Fareed Haque

Fareed Haque
Fareed Haque with Moog guitar at Green Mill Jazz Club, Chicago
Background information
Born	1963
Genres	Jazz, classical, world, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Guitar
Labels	Pangaea, Warner Bros., Blue Note, Owl
Associated acts	Zawinul Syndicate, Summit, Garaj Mahal, MathGames, The Flat Earth Ensemble
Website	www.fareed.com

Fareed Haque is a jazz and classical guitarist whose work explores many different styles of music.

Haque was born in Chicago in 1963. His father was from Pakistan, his mother from Chile. When he was a child, Haque traveled with his parents all over the world, spending time in Spain, France, and Iran, in addition to Pakistan and Chile. In 1981 he was given a guitar scholarship from North Texas State University, where he studied jazz guitar. He left after a year and studied classical guitar at Northwestern University. At Northwestern, he joined Howard Levy's jazz fusion group. Levy introduced him to Cuban saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, who became a lifelong friend and mentor.

In the late 1980s, Rivera introduced Haque to Sting, who had recently founded the record label Pangaea. Haque recorded two albums for Pangaea, Voices Rising and Manresa, and toured with Sting. He recorded Majestad, an unreleased album for Warner Bros. Records which included John Patitucci, Lenny Castro, Russell Ferrante, Michael Landau, and Carlos Vega. Then he signed with Blue Note Records, made the solo albums Sacred Addiction, Opaque, and Deja Vu, and recorded three albums with Javon Jackson. He also played with Joey Calderazzo, Joe Henderson, Bob James, Herbie Mann, and Cassandra Wilson.