Corto.Alto

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Among the new sensations on the very dynamic scene in Great Britain are the youngsters of Corto.Alto, a Glasgow collective that for a year has released a single, with new music, every three months. This record series, called Live from 435, has had the collaboration of Soweto Kinch, also present at Mas i Mas'23. 

Leading this project is the multi-instrumentalist, composer and visual artist Liam Shortall, a musician who has worked as a trombonist, guitarist and producer since he was 16 years old. Shorthall has collaborated with Scottish artists such as Graham Costello, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Tom McGuire & The Brassholes and AKU! Corto.Alto works with musicians of different tendencies and origins to find an original sound in the field of jazz and beyond. The result is fast-paced music, with elements of jazz, funk, soul, drum'n'bass and other genres; an “incendiary” band, according to colleagues at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, “made up of talented musicians,” they add, and featuring “the best of Glasgow's vibrant jazz scene.” An authentic revelation faces the final stretch of Mas i Mas'23.

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