Abraham Laboriel Jr.

Abraham Abe Laboriel Jr born March 23 1971 is an American session drummer He is the son of Mexican bass guitarist Abraham Laboriel nephew of Mexican rocker Johnny Laboriel and brother of record producer songwriter and film composer Mateo Laboriel He has been the drummer for Paul McCartney as well as for the French singer Mylène Farmer among others The son of jazz bass player Abraham Laboriel Abe grew up playing drums starting at age four His mother is a classically trained singer Laboriel was mentored by wellknown percussionists and drummers including Jeff Porcaro Chester Thompson along with Bill Maxwell and Alex Acuña who had formed the band Koinonia with his father in the 1980s He attended the Dick Grove School of Music studying with Peter Donald during his junior year in high school He also attended the Hamilton High School Academy of Music in Los Angeles in his senior year Here he first experienced the use of programming and became a member of a marching band He formed a jazz trio with Vernell Brown and Mike Elizondo In 1989 he was honored by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and Down Beat magazine He then enrolled at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1993 Wikipedia