He is the son of jazz trumpeter Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, who played with Erskine Hawkins and Duke Ellington.
[1] 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.
[3] With George Benson With Rusty Bryant With Hank Crawford With Joey DeFrancesco With Bo Diddley With Lou Donaldson With Bunky Green With Rupert Holmes With Etta Jones With Galt MacDermot With Jimmy McGriff With Blue Mitchell With Idris Muhammad With David "Fathead" Newman With Frank Owens With Houston Person With Bernard Purdie With Big Mama Thornton With Reuben Wilson With others