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corto.alto - Live 2025
short.high - Live 2025
Event by: Karlstorbahnhof
Location: Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, Heidelberg
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Box office €34.00
Pre-sale €30.70
Emerging Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist corto.alto, the pseudonym of Glasgow-based Liam Shortall, is described as a traditional jazz musician who grew up in the digital age. With a fresh perspective, he combines intuitive improvisation, electronic production, broken beats and bass-heavy Dub. His debut album "Bad With Names", released in October 2024, is honest and unconventional and pushes the boundaries of contemporary jazz.
Supported by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum, BBC 6 Music and KCRW, as well as platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, the album explores themes such as self-forgiveness, missed youth, the passage of time and the horrors of an ever-fastening news world. Across twelve instrumental tracks, it showcases the collaboration of some of Britain's best young musicians, including Mercury Prize-nominated pianist Fergus McCreadie, trumpeter James Copus, trombonist Anoushka Nanguy and drummer Graham Costello, complemented by a string quartet that takes corto.alto's sound in a new direction.
Shortall, who played in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and produced beats in his bedroom, brings both technical Brilliance as well as emotional depth. Proud of his Glasgow roots and Irish-Spanish heritage, he describes “Bad With Names” as a reflection on the loss of memory in the chaos of life. In the summer of 2023 he impressed at festivals such as Glastonbury, Love Supreme and Barcelona's Jamboree Jazz Club as well as a sold-out UK tour with performances at the London Jazz Cafe and Glasgow QMU. corto.alto represents a bold, unconventional approach to jazz and is leading the Glasgow jazz scene into a new era.
Pre-sale €30.70
Emerging Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist corto.alto, the pseudonym of Glasgow-based Liam Shortall, is described as a traditional jazz musician who grew up in the digital age. With a fresh perspective, he combines intuitive improvisation, electronic production, broken beats and bass-heavy Dub. His debut album "Bad With Names", released in October 2024, is honest and unconventional and pushes the boundaries of contemporary jazz.
Supported by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum, BBC 6 Music and KCRW, as well as platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, the album explores themes such as self-forgiveness, missed youth, the passage of time and the horrors of an ever-fastening news world. Across twelve instrumental tracks, it showcases the collaboration of some of Britain's best young musicians, including Mercury Prize-nominated pianist Fergus McCreadie, trumpeter James Copus, trombonist Anoushka Nanguy and drummer Graham Costello, complemented by a string quartet that takes corto.alto's sound in a new direction.
Shortall, who played in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and produced beats in his bedroom, brings both technical Brilliance as well as emotional depth. Proud of his Glasgow roots and Irish-Spanish heritage, he describes “Bad With Names” as a reflection on the loss of memory in the chaos of life. In the summer of 2023 he impressed at festivals such as Glastonbury, Love Supreme and Barcelona's Jamboree Jazz Club as well as a sold-out UK tour with performances at the London Jazz Cafe and Glasgow QMU. corto.alto represents a bold, unconventional approach to jazz and is leading the Glasgow jazz scene into a new era.