corto.alto
From Glasgow
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corto.alto has 3 upcoming shows in the Netherlands. The next one is on October 13, 2026 at Doornroosje, Nijmegen. All 3 tour dates
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About
Also known as: Liam Shortall
Corto.alto is the project of Glasgow based multi instrumentalist Liam Shortall, and the name itself is a quiet joke: in Spanish, corto.alto translates roughly to short.tall, a nod to his surname Shortall. The debut album Bad With Names earned a Mercury Prize Album of the Year shortlist in 2024, which is no small thing for a jazz act. Shortall plays trombone, bass guitar and effects, and he pulls together a tight circle of collaborators, including drummer Graham Costello of STRATA, keys player Fergus McCreadie, and a rotating cast of horn players. The music sits firmly in the jazz world while carrying a distinctly Glasgow sensibility, and the Mercury recognition put corto.alto on a lot more radars than the typical jazz circuit tends to reach.
