Abraham Laboriel Jr. (born March 23, 1971) is an American session musician best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of Paul McCartney's touring band since 2001.

The son of jazz bass player Abraham Laboriel, Abe grew up playing drums starting at age four.

[2] Laboriel was mentored by well-known 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.

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For his 2001 album, Driving Rain, Paul McCartney told producer David Kahne he wanted to return to the spontaneity he remembered when working with The Beatles.

To achieve this, Kahne assembled a band of session musicians, Laboriel included, who had never met McCartney until their first day in the studio together.

[8] In 2022, he contributed drums and percussion to "Mrs. Mills" on the solo album Earthling from Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder.