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Paul Unger

Born: August 1

Paul Unger is currently the Assistant Principal Bass of theFort Worth Symphony Orchestra.An accomplished bassist and composer, Mr. Unger’s versatileabilities have allowed him to appear as a featured soloist withthe Fort Worth/ Dallas Ballet, the Fort Worth SymphonyOrchestra and the Mimir Chamber Music Festival. His diverseabilities have also allowed him to perform and/or record with such diverseartists 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 2005-2007and is currently performs with internationally recognized singer, Suzi Stern and guitarist Tom Reynolds. Mr. Unger is also a member of thecritically acclaimed jazz group, “Flipside”. A group referred to inCadence magazine as “contemporary jazz at its best”, “exhilaratingand challenging music making that is rarely dull. A band not to bemissed”.In 2015, Mr. Unger won two awards from the Fort Worth Weekly.One for “Best Bassist” and one for Flipside as “Best Jazz Group.”

Classic Mix

By Texas Christian University

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: America the Beautiful; Sing, Sang, Sung; Everybody Loves My Baby; The Git; Cute; Lover Man; Rhythmin

The Texas Christian University Jazz Ensemble: Classic Mix

by Jack Bowers
November 1, 2002

Another first–class college–level Jazz Studies program (what else is new?), this one deep in the heart of Texas and making wonderful music on the third album we’ve heard under the baton of long–time director Curt Wilson. The TCU Jazz Ensemble is bolstered on “Everybody Loves My Baby” by the presence of pianist Shelly Berg and trombonist ...

When You're Smiling

By Texas Christian University

Label: TCU
Released: 1998
Track listing: TCU Alma Mater; When You're Smiling; Mission to Monterrey; Just a Closer Walk with Thee; Recuerdos; After You've Gone; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square; A Nightingale Sang (Once Again) in Berkely Square; Takin' It to Church; Not Really the Blues; 12 Till 9; A Time for Love; Lightnin'; Blues at Drury; Moten Swing; Queen City Shuffle (71:59).

Texas Christian University Jazz Ensemble: When You're Smiling

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 1998

This is the second recording I've heard by TCU's Jazz Ensemble. The first, while generally impressive, had one prominent and, in the end, unbearable flaw: the engineer, who must have been in a hurry to go home, insisted on clipping the final note of every number before the last overtones had faded, which is exceedingly frustrating ...