Bad With Names corto.alto
Album info
Album-Release:
2023
HRA-Release:
06.10.2023
Album including Album cover
- 1 Intro For Strings 01:19
- 2 Hello 02:55
- 3 xoxoxo 05:24
- 4 Slope 04:07
- 5 Lara 04:05
- 6 Latency 03:46
- 7 EJS 02:13
- 8 Would You Mind? 03:30
- 9 No Water (Interlude) 00:55
- 10 Mechanisms 04:51
- 11 Hollow 04:28
- 12 Bye 04:53
Info for Bad With Names
Corto.Alto is the brain-child of award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer & 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 & The Brassholes, AKU Trio as well as many other projects. He has also composed, produced and recorded on tracks for Joesef, PYJAEN, The Sound of AJA, Raelle, Cara Rose, Jack Richardson, Fat-Suit and many others. 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, is set to release in 2023. This album will feature 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) and many more.
corto.alto sets to continue his exploration into the world between improvisation and electronica.
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Influenced as much by jazz as by hip-hop, broken beat, electronica, dub and punk, Bad With Names is the brand new album from Glaswegian prodigious multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer corto.alto. A trombone wizard and fast-rising star in the jazz industry, Liam Shortall, the man at the helm of the project, enlisted the help of outstanding musicians from the Scottish and UK Jazz scene to bring his record to life, including award-winning pianist Fergus McCreadie, drummer Graham Costello, trumpet player Johnny Woodham, and trombonist Anoushka Nanguy, amongst others.
This album contains no booklet.