Wilbur Bascomb

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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

With George Benson

• 1975 Good King Bad (CTI)
• 1978 Space Album

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

• 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 Big Bad Bo, Bo Diddley
• 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 Bolton, 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 The Mysterious Flying Orchestra, The Mysterious Flying Orchestra
• 1978 Born to Dance,
  Players Association
• 1979 Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording
• 1979 Midnight Rendezvous, Tasha Thomas
• 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 Stranger in This Town, Mick Taylor
• 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

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