Paul Unger

Paul Unger is currently the Assistant Principal Bass of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. An accomplished bassist and composer, Mr. Unger’s versatile abilities have allowed him to appear as a featured soloist with the Fort Worth/ Dallas Ballet, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Mimir Chamber Music Festival. His diverse abilities have also allowed him to perform and/or record with such diverse artists as Elle King, Cheryl Bentyne, Byron Stripling, Bobby Shew, Bob Newhart, Bernadette Peters, Jay Clayton, Peggy Stern, Ricki Derek, Montango, Andrea Bocelli and The Who. Paul was instructor of Double Bass at TCU from 2005-2007 and is currently performs with internationally recognized singer, Suzi Stern and guitarist Tom Reynolds. Mr. Unger is also a member of the critically acclaimed jazz group, “Flipside”. A group referred to in Cadence magazine as “contemporary jazz at its best”, “exhilarating and challenging music making that is rarely dull. A band not to be missed”. In 2015, Mr. Unger won two awards from the Fort Worth Weekly. One for “Best Bassist” and one for Flipside as “Best Jazz Group.”

His work on the Flipside CD, “Raw”, spawned these kind words from David Lewis at Cadence, “not only is Unger a first rate rhythm player, there is no question of his ability to extend his technique well beyond mainstream expectations.” And the Louisville Observer said of Mr. Unger, “the somewhat unexpected gem in Flipside’s “Artificial Joy” is bassist Paul Unger. Like the better known Edgar Meyer, Unger has a strong background in classical music… his smooth bowing style gives an elegiac feel to his own compositions…”

Paul is a native of Silverton, Oregon, graduated from Indiana University and was a member of the prestigious New World Symphony. In addition to his musical work, he wrote and directed the multiple award winning film, “The Last Supper”, which appeared in over a dozen festivals, worldwide, including the Tribeca Film Festival, in 1998-1999. More recently he has composed music for the feature film “Seventy-Eight”, released on DVD on November 24, 2009. In 2012 he produced the award winning “Symphonic Shorts” (a 10 part series on the musicians of the FWSO), and composed music for the feature film “Seventy-Eight”.

Awards

2015 Fort Worth Weekly - Best Bassist 2015 Fort Worth Weekly - Best Jazz Group

Gear

Custom made 5-string Double Bass by Robert J. Spear Euphonic Audio amps and speakers Acoustic image

Tags