{{For|the Wallace Beery film|Bad Bascomb (1946 film)}} {{BLP refimprove|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Wilbur Bascomb | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Wilbur D. Bascomb Jr. | birth_place = Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York, U.S. | genre = Jazz funk, soul jazz, blues, crossover | occupation = Musician, songwriter | instrument = Bass guitar | years_active = 1970s–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.<ref>''The Trumpet Kings'', Scott Yanow. Backbeat Books, 2001, {{ISBN|9780879306403}}</ref>
==Career== In the 1970s, Bascomb worked with James Brown (1974),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/298580-Wilbur-Bascomb|title=Wilbur Bascomb|website=Discogs.com|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Madora">{{cite web|last1=Madora|first1=Ryan|title=Bass Players to Know: Wilbur Bascomb, Jr.|url=http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2016/01/28/bass-players-to-know-wilbur-bascomb-jr/|website=Notreble.com|access-date=8 November 2017|date=28 January 2016}}</ref>
==Discography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} ===As leader=== * 1977 ''Wilbur Bascomb and Future Dreams''
===As sideman=== '''With George Benson''' * 1975 ''Good King Bad'' (CTI)
'''With Rusty Bryant''' * 1973 ''For the Good Times'' * 1974 ''Until It's Time for You to Go'' (Prestige)
'''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''' *''Where Were You?'' (Columbia, 1990)
'''With Bo Diddley''' *''Big Bad Bo'' (Chess, 1974)
'''With Lou Donaldson''' * 1973 ''Sassy Soul Strut'' * 1974 ''Sweet Lou''
'''With Bunky Green''' *''Transformations'' (Vanguard, 1977)
'''With Rupert Holmes''' * 1974 ''Widescreen'' * 1978 ''Pursuit of Happiness''
'''With Etta Jones''' * 1989 ''Sugar'' (Muse) * 1990 ''Christmas with Etta Jones'' (Muse)
'''With Galt MacDermot''' * 1998 ''El Nino'' * 2000 ''Spotted Owl'' * 2003 ''Up from the Basement''
'''With Jimmy McGriff''' *''McGriff Avenue'' (Milestone, 2002)
'''With Blue Mitchell''' *''Many Shades of Blue'' (Mainstream, 1974)
'''With Idris Muhammad''' * 1976 ''House of the Rising Sun'' * 1977 ''Turn This Mutha Out'' * 1979 ''Fox Huntin' ''
'''With David "Fathead" Newman''' *''Keep the Dream Alive'' (Prestige, 1978) *''Scratch My Back'' (Prestige, 1979)
'''With Frank Owens''' *''Brown'n Serve'' (1973)
'''With Houston Person''' *''Suspicions'' (Muse, 1980) *''Heavy Juice'' (Muse, 1982) *''Always on My Mind'' (Muse, 1985) *''Christmas with Houston Person & Etta Jones'' (1997)
'''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''' * 1972 ''The Essence of Mystery'', Alphonse Mouzon * 1972 ''Dig This'', Bobbi Humphrey * 1973 ''Donato Deodato'', Joao Donato * 1973 ''From the Depths of My Soul'', Marlena Shaw * 1973 ''Lean on Him'', Buddy Terry (Mainstream) * 1974 ''Experience and Judgment'', Andy Bey * 1974 ''Change Up the Groove'', Roy Ayers * 1974 ''The Fourth Dimension'', Jack McDuff * 1974 ''Keepin' up with the Joneses'', The Joneses * 1974 ''Reality'', James Brown * 1975 ''Chuck Berry'', Chuck Berry * 1975 ''Got to Get Your Own,'' Reuben Wilson * 1975 ''Michael Bolotin'', Michael Bolton * 1976 ''Transformations'', Bunky Green * 1976 ''Tymes Up'', The Tymes * 1976 ''Wired'', Jeff Beck * 1977 ''Cinnamon Flower'', Charlie Rouse * 1977 ''Herbie Mann and Fire Island'', Herbie Mann * 1977 ''Lady Put the Light Out'', Frankie Valli * 1977 ''Portfolio'', Grace Jones * 1977 ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'', Esther Phillips * 1977 '' The Mysterious Flying Orchestra'', The Mysterious Flying Orchestra * 1978 ''Born to Dance'', Players Association * 1978 ''How Do You Take Your Love'', Major Harris * 1979 ''Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording'' * 1979 ''Midnight Rendezvous'', Tasha Thomas * 1981 ''The Right Track'', Wilson Pickett * 1981 ''There Must Be a Better World Somewhere'', B.B. King * 1984 ''Live at Carnegie Hall & Montreaux, Switzerland'', Teresa Brewer * 1986 ''Midnight Lady Called the Blues'', Jimmy Witherspoon * 1988 ''Today's Love Songs Tomorrow's Blues'', Arthur Prysock * 1989 ''Hot Tat'', Richard Holmes * 1990 ''Where Were You?'', Joey DeFrancesco * 1992 ''Crazy for You'', John Hicks * 1992 ''I'll Take Care of You'', Cissy Houston, Chuck Jackson * 1992 ''I'm Ready'', Lucky Peterson * 1996 ''Blue Guru'', Jon Tiven * 1998 ''Blue Breakbeats'', Bobbi Humphrey * 1999 ''As Phat as It Gets'', Leslie West {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite web|title=Wilbur Bascomb, Jr. – Broadway Cast & Staff|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/wilbur-bascomb-jr-390975|website=IBDb.com}}
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