corto.alto Bad With Names
Label | New Soil Recordings |
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Format | CD / LP |
Release Date | 6th October 2023 |
Catalogue Number | NS0043CD / NS0043LP |
Additional Info | CD / LP |
corto.alto is the brain-child of award winning multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Liam Shortall. Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, this genre-defying producer brings together influences from Hip-Hop, Broken Beat, Electronica, Dub and Punk with an informed Jazz sensibility. Liam Shortall is a seasoned instrumentalist and composer in his own write. Having worked as a trombonist in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Tom McGuire and The Brassholes, AKU Trio as well as many other projects. He is the younger ever graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's undergraduate Jazz programme, having being enrolled at the age of 16. corto.alto's highly anticipated debut album features some of the finest talents in Scottish and UK Jazz, including Fergus McCreadie (Scottish Album of the Year, Mercury Prize Nominee 2022, Edition Records), Graham Costello (Gearbox Records), Johnny Woodham (Alfa Mist, Sekito Records), Anoushka Nanguy (KOKOROKO, Noushy 4TET) and many more. corto.alto sets to continue his exploration into the world between improvisation and electronica.