Wilbur Bascomb

For the Wallace Beery film, see Bad Bascomb (1946 film).
Wilbur Bascomb
Birth nameWilbur D. Bascomb Jr.
BornWashington Heights, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz funk, soul jazz, blues, crossover
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
InstrumentBass guitar
Years active1970s–present

Wilbur D. Bascomb Jr. is an American bass guitarist. He is the son of jazz trumpeter Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, who played with Erskine Hawkins and Duke Ellington.[1]

Career

In the 1970s, Bascomb worked with James Brown (1974),[2] then recorded on the album Wired (1976) by Jeff Beck. During the next year, he released the solo album Wilbur Bascomb and Future Dreams. He has worked with Frank Owens, Galt MacDermot, Roy Ayers, George Benson, Hank Crawford, Bo Diddley, B.B. King, Bernard Purdie, Mick Taylor, and Players Association.[3]

Discography

As leader

  • 1977 Wilbur Bascomb and Future Dreams

As sideman

With George Benson

With Rusty Bryant

With Hank Crawford

  • 1983 Indigo Blue
  • 1984 Down on the Deuce
  • 1985 Roadhouse Symphony
  • 1986 Mr. Chips
  • Night Beat (Milestone, 1989)
  • Groove Master (Milestone, 1990)
  • 1993 South Central
  • After Dark (Milestone, 1998)

With Joey DeFrancesco

With Bo Diddley

With Lou Donaldson

With Bunky Green

With Rupert Holmes

  • 1974 Widescreen
  • 1978 Pursuit of Happiness

With Etta Jones

With Galt MacDermot

  • 1998 El Nino
  • 2000 Spotted Owl
  • 2003 Up from the Basement

With Jimmy McGriff

With Blue Mitchell

With Idris Muhammad

With David "Fathead" Newman

With Frank Owens

  • Brown'n Serve (1973)

With Houston Person

With Bernard Purdie

  • 2001 King of the Beat
  • 2003 Lialeh

With Big Mama Thornton

  • 1975 Sassy Mama!
  • 1978 Mama's Pride

With Reuben Wilson

  • Got To Get Your Own (1975)
  • Movin' On (Savant, 2006)

With others

References

  1. ^ The Trumpet Kings, Scott Yanow. Backbeat Books, 2001, ISBN 9780879306403
  2. ^ "Wilbur Bascomb". Discogs.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ Madora, Ryan (28 January 2016). "Bass Players to Know: Wilbur Bascomb, Jr". Notreble.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.