corto.alto is a music project formed in Glasgow by multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall.
The debut album "Bad With Names" was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize "Album Of The Year" 2024. Shortall has some Spanish ancestry and the moniker corto.alto in Spanish translates as short.tall (a pun on his last name, Shortall).
The band comprises Liam Shortall (trombone, bass guitar, effects), Graham Costello (drums) from STRATA, Fergus McCreadie (keys) and various horn players including James Copus, Harry Weir and Mateusz Sobieski.
|- ! scope="row" | 2020 | Scottish Jazz Awards | Best Band | corto.alto | | |- ! scope="row" | 2020 | Scottish Jazz Awards | Best Album | corto.alto: Live From 435 Vols 1, 2 & 3 | | |- ! scope="row" | 2021 | Scottish Awards for New Music | Mark McKergow Award for Innovation in Jazz | corto.alto: Liam Shortall | | |- ! scope="row" | 2023 | Scottish Jazz Awards | Best Band | corto.alto | | |- ! scope="row" | 2024 | Mercury Prize | Album Of The Year | corto.alto: Bad with Names | |