American jazz-funk bassist and songwriter. He has recorded with Galt McDermot, Jeff Beck, James Brown, and B.B. King. He is also well-known for his performance on Jeff Beck's Wired album and the soundtrack for the 1979 film version of Hair. He co-wrote Head For Backstage Pass.
Not to be confused with his father Wilbur Bascomb Sr., jazz trumpeter (1916-1972).
ALBUMS
Wilbur "Bad" Bascomb*
Electric Bass Riffs For Dj's
1993, LP, Album, Tuff City
Wilbur Bascomb
Upright Bass Riffs For DJ's
1993, LP, Tuff City
Wilbur "Bad" Bascomb* & Bernard "Pretty" Purdie*
The Electric Bass Sessions - Pretty Bad Breaks Volume 1
1992, LP, Album, Tuff City
Wilbur "Bad" Bascomb* & Bernard "Pretty" Purdie*
The Upright Bass Sessions - Pretty Bad Breaks Volume 2
1992, LP, Album, Tuff City
Wilbur Bascomb
And Future Dreams
1977
Willie Collins
She's Hot
1983, Vinyl, 
,
, Funk
Wilbur Bascomb And The Zodiact* / The Three Reasons
Just A Groove In "G" / Take Me Back
1971, 7", Carnival Records
Galt MacDermot
Up From The Basement - Unreleased Tracks Vol. 1
2000, LP, Kilmarnock, ,
, Jazz-Funk
The Players Association
The Players Association + Turn The Music Up!
1998, CD, Comp, Southbound, 
,
, Disco
New Pulse Jazz Band
Lost Conquest (La Conquista Perdida)
1986
New Pulse Jazz Band
Boogie Man
1985, LP, Album, Kilmarnock
New Pulse Jazz Band
Pulse On!!
1981, LP, Album, Kilmarnock Records, Kilmarnock Records
Breeze
Do What You Want To Me
1980, LP, MP, Barclay
The Players Association
Turn The Music Up!
1979, ,
, Disco
Dinosaur
Kiss Me Again
1978, Vinyl, ,
, Disco
The Players Association
Born To Dance
1977
Dinosaur
Kiss Me Again
2011, Vinyl, 
,
, Disco
APPEARANCES +
Chuck Berry
Bio / Chuck Berry '75
2021, CD, Comp, RM, BGO Records, ,
, Rock & Roll/Blues Rock/Chicago Blues
Reuben Wilson And The Cost Of Living
Got To Get Your Own / Tight Money
2019, 7", Dynamite Cuts, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Arthur Russell
Iowa Dream
2019, ,
, Art Rock/Country Rock/Folk Rock
Bob Shad
Innerpeace (Rare Spiritual Funk And Jazz Gems. The Supreme Sound Of Producer Bob Shad)
2017, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Free Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Loose Joints
Pop Your Funk (The Complete Singles Collection)
2016
Ted Kooshian
Clowns Will Be Arriving
2015, CD, Album, Summit Records (3), ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Grace Jones
Disco
2015, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, 
,
, Disco
B.B. King
Selections From: Ladies & Gentlemen ... Mr. B.B. King
2015, 2x Vinyl 180 Gram, Gatefold,
Tasha Thomas
Midnight Rendezvous
2015, 2x CD, ,
, Disco/Soul
Peter Vitalone
One Of Us
2012, CD, Album, PGVitalone, ,
, Rock & Roll
James Brown
The Singles, Volume 10: 1975-1979
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Hip-O Select, ,
, Funk/Disco
Various
This Is The Blues - Volume Two
2010, CD, Comp, Eagle Records, ,
, Electric Blues
Chuck Berry
Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969 To 1974
2010, 4x CD, ,
, Rock & Roll
Various
This Is The Blues - Volume Four
2010
Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Various
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (The New Broadway Cast Recording)
2009
Jeff Beck
Original Album Classics
2008
Various
Funky Organ. B3 Jazz Grooves
2007
George Benson
Good King Bad
2007
Reuben Wilson
Movin' On
2006, CD, Album, Savant
Various
Can't Hide Love
2006, 2x Vinyl, 
,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Funk
Various
The Loner - A Tribute To Jeff Beck
2005
B.B. King
The Ultimate Collection
2005, CD,
The Harlem Gospel Singers & Band*
The Best Of - Live In Concert Vol. 3
2004, CD, Comp, BB Promotion
Danny Draher
Big Fun Tonite!
2004, CD, Album, Double Dynamite Records
Kate Ceberano
19 Days In New York
2004
Galt MacDermot + New Pulse Jazz Band
Waiting For The Limo
2003, CD, Album, Kilmarnock
Various
Peter Green Songbook (A Tribute To His Work In Two Volumes)
2003, 2x CD, 
,
, Blues Rock
Duke Ellington
Volume 10 1947-1951 The Alternative Takes In Chronological Order
2002, CD, Comp, Neatwork, ,
, Big Band/Swing
Various
From Hell To Gone And Back Texas Blues
2002, CD, ,
, Texas Blues
Talib Kweli
Quality
2002, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Conscious
Jimmy McGriff
McGriff Avenue
2002,
The Harlem Gospel Singers & Band* , Starring Queen Esther Marrow*
Movin' On
2001, CD, Comp, Intershow Records, ,
, Gospel
Galt MacDermot
More From The Basement (Unreleased Tracks Vol. 2)
2001
B.B. King
Here & There: The Uncollected B.B. King
2001,
Galt MacDermot
Live In Nashville
2000
B.B. King
Anthology
2000, 2x CD,
Big Mama Thornton
The Complete Vanguard Recordings
2000, CD, CD, CD, All Media, ,
, Electric Blues/Chicago Blues
Arthur Prysock
The Best Of Arthur Prysock: The Milestone Years
2000
Various
Super Breaks. Essential Jazz, Soul And Funk Break-Beats. Volume Two
2000
Various
I Feel The Earth Move (From Jazz To Soul 'n' Funk To Blaxploitation)
2000, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Fusion/Soul/Funk
Alice Cooper
The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper
1999, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
, Rock & Roll/Hard Rock
Deodato* Featuring Joao Donato*
DonatoDeodato
1999
Various
Funk Is A Four-Letter Word
1998, CD, Album, Comp, Blue Note, 
,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Hank Crawford
After Dark
1998, CD, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Various
Electric Blue - Plug In And Turn On
1998, CD, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Houston Person And Etta Jones
Christmas With Houston Person And Etta Jones
1997, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Swing/Bop/Holiday
Various
Pulp Fusion (Funky Jazz Classics & Original Breaks From The Tough Side)
1997, CD, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk/Latin Jazz
Johnny Charles
Roadmaster - The Blues Guitar Of Johnny Charles
1997, ,
, Electric Blues
Various
Live On Letterman (Music From The Late Show)
1997, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock
Various
I Like It
1996, ,
, Funk/Disco
James Brown
Make It Funky (The Big Payback: 1971-1975)
1996, 2x CD,
Various
Deep Jazz Trip
1995
The J.B.'s
Funky Good Time: The Anthology
1995, 2x CD, ,
, Funk/Soul
Various
Peter Green Songbook (A Tribute To His Work In Two Volumes) - First Part
1995, CD, ,
, Blues Rock
James Brown
Reality
1995, CD, ,
, Funk
Various
Funky Good Time
1995, CD, ,
, Jazz-Funk
Various
Move To Groove: The Best Of 1970s Jazz-Funk
1995, 2x CD, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Funk/Fusion
Various
Peter Green Songbook (A Tribute To His Work In Two Volumes) - 2nd Part
1995, CD, ,
, Blues Rock
Lou Donaldson
The Righteous Reed! The Best Of Poppa Lou
1994, CD, ,
, Soul-Jazz
Queen Esther Marrow* & The Harlem Gospel Singers
Queen Esther Marrow & The Harlem Gospel Singers
1994
Bo Diddley
The Chess Years 1955 - 1974
1993, 12xCD, Comp, Charly R&B, ,
, Blues Rock/Electric Blues/Funk/Soul
The Joneses
Come Back To Me
1993, CD, Album, P-Vine Records
Various
Christmas Songs
1993, CD, ,
, Big Band/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Post Bop/Vocal/Holiday
Blue Mitchell
Graffiti Blues
1993
Hank Crawford
South-Central
1993
The Joneses
Our Love Song
1992, CD, Album, P-Vine Records, ,
, Soul
John Hicks
Plays Selections From Crazy For You - George & Ira Gershwin
1992, CD, Album, Red Baron, ,
, Bop/Swing
Lucky Peterson
I'm Ready
1992
B.B. King
King Of The Blues
1992, Box Set, 4x CD, ,
, Electric Blues
Chuck Jackson & Cissy Houston
I'll Take Care Of You
1992, ,
, Soul
Chuck Berry
The Chess Years
1991, 9xCD, Comp + Box, sli, Charly Records, ,
, Rock & Roll
Groove Holmes*
Hot Tat
1991, CD, Album, Muse Records
Jeff Beck
Beckology
1991
Various
Deadicated
1991, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Off The Wall (Essential Argo / Cadet Grooves)
1991, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Various
A Creole Christmas
1990, CD, ,
, Holiday
Hank Crawford
Groove Master
1990,
Joey DeFrancesco
Where WERE You?
1990,
Etta Jones
Christmas With Etta Jones
1990
Etta Jones
Sugar
1990,
Mick Taylor
Stranger In This Town
1990, CD, ,
, Blues Rock
Hank Crawford
Night Beat
1989, ,
, Soul-Jazz
Arthur Prysock
Today's Love Songs, Tomorrow's Blues
1988, CD, ,
, Rhythm & Blues
Hank Crawford
Mr. Chips
1987, Vinyl Carrollton Pressing,
Bobby Curtis
Dream Castles
1986, 12", B & P Records (2), ,
, Soul-Jazz/Disco
Various
Ultimate Breaks & Beats
1986
Willie Collins
Where You Gonna Be Tonight?
1986, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary R&B/Soul
Willie Collins
Where You Gonna Be Tonight?
1986
Jimmy Witherspoon
Midnight Lady Called The Blues
1986
Hank Crawford
Roadhouse Symphony
1985, 
,
, Soul-Jazz
Hank Crawford
Down On The Deuce
1984
Nora
Foreign Legions
1984
Nathan Davis
Faces Of Love
1983, LP, Album, Tomorrow International, Inc., ,
, Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz
Hank Crawford
Indigo Blue
1983,
Nora
Matter Of Time
1982, 7", The New York Music Company
Houston Person
Heavy Juice
1982
Tommy Tucker
The Rocks Is My Pillow - The Cold Ground Is My Bed
1982
Larry Elgart
Flight Of The Condor
1981, LP, Album, RCA Victor, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Fusion
Dinosaur L
24→24 Music
1981
B.B. King
There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
1981
B.B. King
There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
1981, ,
, Electric Blues/Delta Blues
Various
Giants Of The Funk Tenor Sax
1981, ,
, Jazz-Funk
Mike Mandel
Utopia Parkway
1980, LP, Album, Vanguard Freestyle, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Fusion
Aleke Kanonu
Aleke
1980
Houston Person
Suspicions
1980, ,
, Jazz-Funk
David "Fathead" Newman
Scratch My Back
1979, LP, Album, Prestige, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Disco
Exuma
Penny Sausage
1979, LP, Album, Inagua Records
Galt MacDermot
Hair (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1979
The Softones and First Class
Together
1979
Willis Jackson
The Gator Horn
1979
Colleen Heather
Heartbreaker
1979, ,
, Disco
Ullanda*
Love Zone
1979, Vinyl, 
,
, Disco
Idris Muhammad
Foxhuntin'
1979
Bunky Green
Visions
1978, LP, Vanguard, ,
, Smooth Jazz
Big Mama Thornton
Mama's Pride
1978, LP, Comp, Vanguard,
Major Harris
How Do You Take Your Love
1978, ,
, Soul/Disco
Mike Mandel
Sky Music
1978, Vinyl, ,
, Fusion/Funk/Jazz-Funk
George Benson
Space
1978, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Smooth Jazz/Latin Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Rupert Holmes
Pursuit Of Happiness
1978, Vinyl Goldisc Press, ,
, Pop Rock/Soft Rock
Don Downing
Doctor Boogie
1978
David Fathead Newman*
Keep The Dream Alive
1978
The Stars Of Faith
Living In The Last Days
1978, Vinyl, ,
, Gospel
Various
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978, ,
, Pop Rock/Soundtrack
The Mysterious Flying Orchestra
The Mysterious Flying Orchestra
1977, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Bunky Green
Transformations
1977
Frankie Valli
Lady Put The Light Out
1977, ,
, Disco/Soul/Ballad/Easy Listening
Houston Person
Harmony
1977
Esther Phillips
You've Come A Long Way, Baby
1977, ,
, Soul/Disco
Luther
This Close To You
1977, ,
, Soul/Disco
Idris Muhammad
Turn This Mutha Out
1977, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Disco
Idris Muhammad
Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
1977
Willy Bridges*
Bridges To Cross
1977
Various
Progressive Rock Stars
1977, Vinyl, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Prog Rock
Herbie Mann & Fire Island
Herbie Mann & Fire Island
1977, Vinyl PR - Presswell pressing, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Soul/Disco
Grace Jones
Portfolio
1977, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold, ,
, Chanson/Disco
The Charlie Rouse Band
Cinnamon Flower
1977
Exuma
From Africa To America To Junkanoo To Armageddon
1976, LP, Inagua Records, Inagua Records
Bad Bascomb Band Feat. Max Romer*
Do It Twice / Funk City
1976
The Tymes
Tymes Up
1976, Vinyl, ,
, Soul
Jeff Beck
Wired
1976
Luther
Luther
1976, ,
, Soul/Disco
Jeff Beck
Come Dancing
1976
Idris Muhammad
House Of The Rising Sun
1976, Vinyl Monarch Pressing, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Ceasar Frazier*
75
1975, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
1975, ,
, Rock & Roll
Reuben Wilson And The Cost Of Living
Got To Get Your Own
1975, Vinyl, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Michael Bolotin
Michael Bolotin
1975
Big Mama Thornton
Sassy Mama!
1975, Vinyl,
Sonny Stitt
Never Can Say Goodbye
1975
Various
Top Hits O Vôo Do Sucesso
1974, LP, Comp, Young, 
Rupert Holmes
Widescreen
1974, ,
, Pop Rock
Blue Mitchell
Many Shades Of Blue
1974
Martin Mull
Normal
1974
Bo Diddley
Big Bad Bo
1974
The Joneses
Keepin' Up With The Joneses
1974
Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Change Up The Groove
1974, Vinyl All Disc Press, ,
, Jazz-Funk
Bernard Pretty Purdie*
Lialeh (Original Movie Sound Track)
1974, ,
, Soul/Funk/Soundtrack
Lou Donaldson
Sweet Lou
1974, Vinyl, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Andy Bey
Experience And Judgment
1974
Rusty Bryant
Until It's Time For You To Go
1974, ,
, Soul-Jazz
Jack McDuff*
The Fourth Dimension
1974
Jimmy Ponder
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1974, Vinyl, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Billy Butler
Billy Butler Plays Via Galactica
1973, LP, Album, Kilmarnock
Bad Bascomb
Black Grass / Give The Bass A Taste
1973, 7", Single, Paramount Records
Marlena Shaw
From The Depths Of My Soul
1973, Vinyl, ,
, Soul
Galt MacDermot / Gerome Ragni
Dude (The Highway Life)
1973, ,
, Musical
Lou Donaldson
Sassy Soul Strut
1973
Bad Bascomb
Black Grass Music
1973
Alphonze Mouzon*
The Essence Of Mystery
1973, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock
Bad Bascomb
Bo Diddley / Give The Bass A Taste
1973
Sir Edward
The Power Of Feeling
1973, ,
, Funk/Jazz-Funk
Melvin Sparks
Texas Twister
1973, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz
Ronnie Foster
Sweet Revival
1973
Buddy Terry
Lean On Him
1972, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Bobbi Humphrey
Dig This!
1972, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Ellerine Harding
Ellerine
1972, Vinyl, ,
, Soul/Funk
Bad Bascomb
Black Grass / I Feel Like Dancing
1972
Angela*
Angela Simpson
1971, LP, Album, Spectrum Records (3), Spectrum Records (3), ,
, Spoken Word
Marion Williams
Gospel Now
1971, ,
, Gospel
Bad Bascomb
Funk City
7", Spectrum Records (3), ,
, Funk
Lucky Peterson
Who's Been Talkin'?
CD, Single, Car, Gitanes Jazz Productions, EmArcy, Polygram Jazz, ,
, Blues Rock
Jonah "T"*
Control
7", Authentic Records
Various
Hot Jazz On Film - Volume 1
Vinyl, ,
, Big Band/Soul-Jazz/Ragtime
Turtle Bugg
3 Eyed Tortoise Mix
2019, CDr, Mixed, Basement Floor Records
Various
This Is The Blues - Volume One
2010, CD, ,
, Electric Blues
Various
Rattlesnake Guitar - The Music Of Peter Green
1995, 2x CD, ,
, Electric Blues/Rock & Roll/Delta Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Caesar Frazier
Caesar Frazier ‘75
1975
Various
Funky 45's
, Soul
Jeff Beck
Live 1975 – Boston Music Hall
2024
Jeff Beck
Blowing In Detroit
2021, CD, Transcription, Unofficial, Good Ship Funke
Jeff Beck
Live 1975
2019, CD, Unofficial, Alive The Live
Various
Peter Green Songbook (A Tribute To His Work In Two Volumes)
2017, 2x CD, DVD, ,
, Blues Rock
Colleen Heather
Heartbreaker
2015
Jeff Beck
Feed Beck
2014
Mick Taylor
Kawasaki 1989
2009, 2xCDr, Unofficial, Uxbridge, ,
, Blues Rock
Various
Ultimate Breaks & Beats Vol. 1 & 2
2003, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Street Beat Records, ,
, Classic Rock/Soul/Funk/Disco
Various
Ultimate Breaks & Beats
2003, ,
, Soul/Classic Rock
Various
Dusty Fingers Volume Nine
2001
Jeff Beck
Wired
2001, CD, 
,
, Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Various
Slurped Too! More Original Brainfreeze Flavors
2001
Peter Green
Peter Green Songbook (A Tribute To His Work In Two Volumes) - 2nd Part
1995, CD, 
,
, Blues Rock
Herbie Mann & Fire Island
Herbie Mann & Fire Island
1977
Jeff Beck
Beck-Fast
1976
Alice Cooper
The Life & Crimes Of Alice Cooper
CD, Comp, Unofficial, Rhino Records (4), ,
, Classic Rock/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Garage Rock/Horror Rock/Glam/Soft Rock
KC The Funkaholic
Rush Hour Amsterdam Presents: Kindred Spirits - Love Soul World Space
Cass, Comp, Promo, Unofficial, EMT
Lucky Peterson
I'm Ready
CD, ,
, Modern Electric Blues
B.B. King
Here & There: The Uncollected B.B. King
Various
Rattlesnake Guitar - The Music Of Peter Green