»Hallo« and »Hollow«, »Lara« and »Latency« — anyone familiar with these tracks will instantly think of Bad With Names, the debut album by corto.alto, a.k.a. Liam Shortall, which made it onto the shortlist for the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2024. The project name corto.alto combines Spanish and Italian, translating to “short. tall” — a direct nod to Shortall’s surname.
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Raw, virtuosic, and personal
Musically, Shortall fuses hip-hop, broken beat, electronics, dub, and punk with a distinct jazz sensibility on Bad With Names — recorded and produced entirely in his Glasgow apartment. A former trombonist with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Shortall had already proven his skill long before launching corto.alto. With this Glasgow-born friendship project, he developed a unique mode of expression: earthy, raw, and deeply personal. On October 29, 2025, corto.alto will perform live at the Karlstorbahnhof in Heidelberg as part of the Enjoy Jazz Festival.
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We are giving away 1×2 free tickets to the corto.alto concert in Heidelberg. To enter, send us an email with your name and the name of your companion to gewinnen@hhv-mag.com by October 26, 2025. Subject line: Free tickets corto.alto in Heidelberg. Winners will be selected at random and notified.
