Guitarist Fareed Haque will play an intimate show at Emporium Barcade in Wicker Park in May. 

Fareed Haque mixes up some real HINDI GUMBO with two legendary musicians from New Orleans! Fareed is bringing a little of NOLA jazz fest comes to Chicago, so bring your MardiGras party supplies and get ready to get crazy! We will provide the masks and beads. Featuring the legendary second line drummer Johnny Vidacovich -Johnny Vidacovich has been recognized in Downbeat, The New York Times, and NPR’s Jazz Profiles by Branford Marsalis. He has played with Bobby McFerrin, Stanton Moore, Charlie Hunter, Willy DeVille, Robert Walter and New Orleans musicians Johnny Adams, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Alvin “Red” Tyler, and Mose Allison. NOLA bassist James Singleton James Singleton has toured w/John Scofield, Stanton Moore, and John Medeski, Robert Walter, Skerik and Mike Dillon as well as John Abercrombie, Eddie Harris, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Lionel Hampton, Arnett Cobb among others. He has recorded with Chet Baker, Alvin “Red” Tyler, James Booker, Johnny “Tan Canary” Adams, Charlie Rich and Zachary Richard among others. Spare Parts keyboardist Kevin Kozol A Chicago-based pianist/keyboardist, composer and educator and a founding member of the jazz/funk/fusion group, Spare Parts. Kevin is endorsed by Moog. Fareed Haque is a founding member of the jam super group Garaj Mahal. He was voted best world guitarist 2009 in Guitar Player Magazine and has toured and recorded with Sting, Joe Zawinul, Paquito D’Rivera and many many others. He will be joining the great drummer Billy Cobham on tour this fall!