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Todd Haddad has been known as a one of a kind, meter perfect drummer, and Smooth Jazz Artist to produce his own music since Billy Cobham and Harvey Mason. A Tampa Bay, Florida native, now residing in Knoxville, Tennessee, his musical talents stem from years of training and performing with some of the best in the Industry from Jazz, Pop, Rock and New Age, to Classical and New Country. He also is well versed in Symphony Orchestra and has performed with The San Jose, California and Florida Symphony Orchestras. A graduate of San Jose State University College of Music with a Major in Jazz Performance, Todd is an accomplished studio musician who has also performed live with such greats as Al Hirt, Ambrosia, Sam Savage, Bryan Hughes, Atlantic Star, David Pack, Gino Vanelli, Debbie Gibson, Cheili Minucci, Micheal Franks, Ashwood, Duke Williams and the Extremes, Dionne Warwick, Chuck Mangione, and Stray Fox, just to name a few. He has been honored with many national and international awards in the music and recording industry which started as far back as the 1980's while still in high school with the honor of receiving The John Phillip Souza Award for national outstanding high school bandsman. He learned the importance of knowing how to play and appreciate all of the musical instruments as well as all styles of music. Along with his talents, he has incorporated other well known musicians including Christoph Spendel from Special EFX, Bryan Hughes, Tito Garcia, Vince Andrews, Link Detton, Brother Tom Haddad and others to perform on his own independent recordings. We hope you will enjoy his solo smooth jazz releases with many more to come. You can also catch him as live in concert with many local and national artists with his current mainstay performances with ASHWOOD out of East Tennessee.