Fareed Haque

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Fareed Haque
Background information
Birth name Fareed Haque
Born 1963
Occupation(s) Musician
Professor
Instrument(s) Guitars
Label(s) Blue Note
Associated
acts
Garaj Mahal
Website fareed.com

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

He is renowned for balancing classical and jazz styles his jam band collaborations including, but not limited to, ones with Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Holland, Sting, Joe Henderson, Lester Bowie, Arturo Sandoval, Robert Walter, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Kahil el Zabar, Defunckt, Ramsey Lewis, 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 Bradley Fish.

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