He has collaborated with Prince, Chaka Khan, Will Smith, Najee, Branford Marsalis, George Duke, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Phyllis Hyman, Gamble and Huff, Patrice Rushen, Lalah Hathaway, Fred Hammond, and John P. Kee.
After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, McComb was asked to be in the band for Atlantic Records male R&B singing group The Rude Boys, protégés of Gerald Levert.
Following the defunct contract with MoJazz, McComb toured as a musician for Teena Marie and Phillip Bailey, until getting word that Branford Marsalis was looking for a male vocalist for a new band he was beginning.
The 14-track set produced by both McComb and Branford Marsalis was entirely self-penned with the exception of the bookending covers of the gospel staple "His Eye Is On The Sparrow," and the jazz standard "Some Other Time."
Once free, McComb, wary of his past experience with major record companies, signed next to the independent label Malibu Sessions in 2002.
[3] The move paid off, as the set won the SoulTracks Readers Choice Awards for Best Album (2005)[2] Frustrated by fan reports that his early work at MoJazz was being sold for exorbitant amounts on the black market, McComb took steps to release the recordings himself.
Each song is a tribute to such jazz luminaries as Chick Corea, Patrice Rushen, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Russell Ferrante and Joe Sample.
Though all of McComb's previous recordings were available on iTunes at the time of this album's release, the Live in Atlanta collection remains available only through his official website.