Fareed Haque Trio at the Revue Stage
Heavy hitters, soft seaters, and jam vibes with Peter Washington & Mike Clark
Guitarist Fareed Haque, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Mike Clark played the Revue Stage last night. The trio's Infidels Jazz show will be followed by Seattle and Portland dates, tonight and tomorrow night respectively. (Infidels invited me there last night on the guest list.)
"Four on Six", a Wes Montgomery tune from his 1960 classic The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, happened to be the first jazz tune I ever jammed with friends in high school. It's a random one to have filled that role in my development, but it made sense as the opening piece for this random yet straight-ahead trio. Washington walked on David Caballero's bass in typically expert form, but I couldn't hear him well yet. The mix would improve after a couple numbers.
Haque attacked his mustard-yellow electric guitar with speed and vigour, not an effects pedal in sight. It somewhat recalled the style of the late guitarist whose face adorns the cover of Haque's latest album Return to the Joyous Lake: Pat Martino. That album has fusion, electric bass, and a spiritually-Chick-Corea energy. (As it happens, Haque mentioned Corea's name at this show, before his original tune "The Pilgrimage" which he said was "modeled after" Chick's "great waltzes".)
