Born in Cleveland, Ohio,
percussionist-drummer Jamey Haddad holds a distinctive position in the
world of jazz and contemporary music. Jamey’s musical voice transcends
styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has
attracted many international collaborations. Regarded as one of the
foremost world-music and jazz percussionists in the United States, he
is an associate professor at Boston’s Berklee School of Music, the New
England Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Cleveland Institute
of Music.
Jamey was voted one of the top four percussionists in the world by
Modern Drummer in 2007. Recent tours include The Fez Festival of World
Sacred Music and the Paul Winter Consort tour in Japan. Jamey
collaborates regularly with Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, Osvaldo
Golijov, Yo-Yo Ma, Dawn Upshaw, Joe Lovano, Elliot Goldenthal, the
Assad Brothers, Daniel Schnyder, Simon Shaheen, the Paul Winter
Consort, Nancy Wilson, Dave Liebman, Esperanza Spalding, Maya Beiser,
Trichy Sankaran, vocalist Betty Buckley, Steve Shehan, Leo Blanco, and
Nguyen Lee, among others. Most recently Jamey performed with Paul
Simon, one of America’s most respected songwriters and musicians, when
Paul was the recipient of the first annual Library of Congress Gershwin
Prize for Popular Song; Jamey has been a member of Paul Simon’s band
for nine years. The recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts
performance grants and a Fulbright fellowship, Jamey can be heard on
more than 170 recordings and routinely has articles published
internationally relating to the experiences of the contemporary world
musician.