He is the son of jazz trumpeter Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, who played with Erskine Hawkins and Duke Ellington.In the 1970s, Bascomb worked with James Brown, 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 Roy Ayres, George Benson, Hank Crawford, Bo Diddley, B.B.
King, Bernard Purdie, Mick Taylor, and Players Association.