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03-09-2008, 05:59 PM
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Abraham Laboriel is supposed to be the most widely used session bassist ever.
His slap technique is the most interesting.
He pops with this thumb and slaps with his other four fingers.
Yes, you read that right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v4v2m6OixE
Classical trained and from Mexico.
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03-09-2008, 06:09 PM
| | | | I've seen that video before. Very interesting, percussive style. It's a shame that players like him don't get the credit they deserve while (equally talented) bassists like Vic Wooten and Stu Hamm are household names (not really, but...). Session players must be incredibly humble. If I had that talent, I'd want to be in the limelight. |
03-09-2008, 06:13 PM
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Endorsing artist: Skjold basses,Zon basses,Aguilar,D'Addario,GruvGear | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Portland, or | | | Abe is pretty well known, actually! So is his son (GREAT drummer. Played on a lot of sessions. Fiona Apple, a live Paul McCartney concert I saw on tv...) Abe laboriel, Jr.
Abe, Sr. is very well known in the jazz, session, etc... circles. He's played with EVERYONE.
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03-09-2008, 06:19 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norfolk, Virginia | | | Freakin' awesome groove. I especially liked the look on the person (man/woman?) at the end.
Great find, gonna have to look into this guy some more. |
03-09-2008, 06:23 PM
| | ????????????? | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lexington KY | | | If there was internet back when those vidios were taken, you'd have probably heard of him sooner.
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03-09-2008, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MyUsernameHere If there was internet back when those vidios were taken, you'd have probably heard of him sooner. | Great point! Quote:
Originally Posted by neurotictim Freakin' awesome groove. I especially liked the look on the person (man/woman?) at the end.
Great find, gonna have to look into this guy some more. | Haha yeah wow I was very impressed. Hahha I love the "man/woman?" comment.
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03-09-2008, 07:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Michigan | | | unfortunally he is unkown even in Mexico, i think only some musician know about him and his son, you will never going to hear any new about him in Mexico's TV or radio, he has a brother, Johnny Laboriel who is a comediant and is well know in Mexico. Abe was the bass player that made me play bass again, I stopped 15 years ago |
03-09-2008, 07:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | | Abe Jr. is a phenom of a drummer.
I saw McCartney on the 2002 tour. Aside from being in the same building as Sir Paul, the other biggest kick was seeing and hearing Abe Jr. play.
It was like having a more versatile Chuck Biscuits...
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03-09-2008, 11:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Southwestern NY | | | Actually, Abe Laboriel's been a well-known studio musician for quite a while.
He and some other Christian studio musicians formed a group called Koinonia (in either the late 70s or early 80s), including Bill Maxwell and Alex Acuna and a couple others I can't recall their names (really bad with names). Koinonia was a sort of fusion group but had a distinctly unique character considering all the members were excellent session musicians. I have three of their albums and would like to see all their albums put out on CD, but that hasn't happened yet. The albums are excellent recordings. I've played double bass since 1964 and Abe was a main reason that I decided to take up electric bass in 1983.
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