Abraham Laboriel
Abraham " Abe" Laboriel ( born July 17, 1947 in Mexico City) is an American bass player in the jazz-fusion.
Life and work
Laboriel is the son of a guitar teacher and lost four years, the tip of his left index finger. He learned to play guitar from his father and played as a rock and roll guitarist in Mexico, but two years studying engineering before he decided on the music and from 1972 at the Berklee College of Music studying composition. During his studies he moved to bass guitar and played in groups led by Gary Burton and in the Boston performance of the musical "Hair". In 1973 he was briefly a member of the Count Basie Orchestra, toured with musicians such as Michel Legrand and Johnny Mathis. Finally, on the advice of Henry Mancini in 1977, he moved to Los Angeles.
There he worked very successfully as a studio musician and was involved in film scores such as The Color Purple or Nine to Five. He also played with Lee Ritenour, whom he accompanied on eight albums, but also with John Klemmer, George Benson, Larry Carlton, Don and Dave Grusin, Al Jarreau, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock, David Benoit, The Manhattan Transfer, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Tania Maria, Joe Sample, John Handy, Chris Becker, Donald Fagen or Diane Schuur.
He also founded in 1980 the band Koinonia, which after all brought out four quite successful albums. In 1994, he appeared at various European festivals. Him an honorary doctorate was awarded in 2005 by the Berklee College of Music.
Laboriel is the father of drummer Abe Laboriel U.S. Jr..
Disco Graphical Notes
- More Than a Feelin ' (1982 )
- Celebration (1984 )
- Frontline (1986 )
- Koinonia (1989 )
- Dear Friends (1994 )
- Guidum (1995)
- Live in Switzerland (2005)
Lexigraphic entries
- Martin Kunzler, Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 1 Reinbek 2002; ISBN 3-499-16512-0