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corto.alto’s Mixtape

Seonaid Aitken is back with more of the best jazz from the UK and around the world, and she welcomes Scottish producer and multi-instrumentalist corto.alto as her mixtape guest.

Seonaid Aitken is joined by Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist and producer corto.alto, also known as Liam Shortall.

His genre-defying sound blends contemporary jazz, electronic production, hip-hop, broken beat and bass-heavy dub influences, and he is celebrated as an exciting voice in contemporary UK jazz. He was nominated for Mercury Prize in 2024 for his debut album 'Bad With Names', and he has returned with a new album called 'Some Small Fortune'.

Tonight, corto.alto shares a 30-minute mixtape curated for the programme, featuring some of his favourite jazz ensembles and artists.

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Friday23:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Tao

    Swept Away (feat. Harry Weir)

    • Swept Away (Single).
    • Independent / Tao Music.

  • DOMi & JD BECK

    RAiN

    • NOT TiGHT.
    • APESHIT Inc. / Blue Note Records.

  • Kokoroko & Bruno Berle

    Closer to Me (Bruno Berle Remix)

    • Tempos Difíceis Sempre Passam (EP).
    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • Nat King Cole

    Just one of those things

    • Just One of Those Things.
    • Capitol Records.

  • corto.alto

    Noblehill (feat. Jacob Alon)

    • SOME SMALL FORTUNE.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Theo Croker

    Love From The Sun (feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater)

    • Love Quantum.
    • Star People Nation / Sony Music Masterworks.

  • The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet

    Yesterdays

    • Clifford Brown with Strings.
    • EmArcy Records / Mercury Records.

  • Tim Quicke

    Now I'm Dead

    • Now I'm Dead (Single/Album).
    • Independent / Tim Quicke Music.

  • Madeleine

    Give Back To Her

    • Colour Me In (or Give Back To Her Single).
    • Independent / Madeleine Music.

  • Women In Jazz

    Due To The Circumstances (feat. Poppy Daniels)

    • Due To The Circumstances (Single).
    • Independent / Women in Jazz Media.

  • Soweto Kinch

    Waved

    • Nonagram.
    • Soweto Kinch Productions.

  • Kinkajous

    Chapter III

    • Hidden Windows.
    • Noton / Running Circle.

Broadcast

  • Friday23:30
    BBC Radio 3