An American of Lebanese descent, acclaimed percussionist Jamey Haddad has
studied the music traditions of many cultures across the globe, and he has
performed with some the world’s finest musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma and
Paul Simon.
What is your Lebanese heritage, and how long
at Ellis Island – so from Geodious Nader Ibn Tanous
have your family been settled in America?
(son of Thomas) came George Thomas. They were
members of the Saint George Antiochian Orthodox
Around 1906 my great-grandparents on my mother’s
side (Geraldine Thomas) came from Kooba near the
Church.
My father’s family migrated from Canada, and
Batroun in Lebanon; they were from the Nader
like so many people in Cleveland they came from
family, and the Nader name was typically rearranged
town of Aitaneet, in the West Beqaa region. That