corto.alto

Bio

corto.alto is the project of Liam Shortall, a Glasgow-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist blending nu jazz, broken beat, hip-hop, and electronic production. Raised in Glasgow and trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on trombone, he began releasing through the Live From 435 single series before his Mercury Prize-shortlisted debut album Bad With Names (2024), which also won Best Album at the Scottish Jazz Awards and UK Independent Breakthrough at the AIM Awards. His sound fuses intuitive improvisation with meticulous electronic detail—championed by Gilles Peterson, BBC 6 Music, Jamie Cullum, and editorial teams at Spotify and Ninja Tune—while recent singles WHODIS (feat. Mick Jenkins, March 2026) and THIEF (May 2026) sustain a relentless release pace alongside a packed touring calendar across Europe, the UK, and North America. Shortall produces and directs much of his own visual content and maintains an active hub at cortoalto.com with presence across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Bandcamp.

Credits

• corto.alto·
• Mick Jenkins·
• St. Barbe·
• Moses Yoofee·
• Galliano·
• Opolopo

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