Wilbur Odell "Dud" Bascomb (May 16, 1916, Birmingham, Alabama – December 25, 1972, New York City)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter, best known for his tenure with Erskine Hawkins.
He played piano as a child but settled on trumpet, and first played with Hawkins at the Alabama State Teachers' School (now Alabama State University) in 1932, where Hawkins led the Bama State Collegians band.
[1] He remained in Hawkins's employ until 1944, and soloed with him on many of his most well-known recordings.
[1] Bascomb eventually left Hawkins to play in his brother's septet, which became a big band later in the decade.
[1] In the 1950s, Bascomb played for three years at Tyle's Chicken Shack in New Jersey, leading a quintet which counted Lou Donaldson among its members.