Glasgow’s corto-alto has been nominated in the 2024 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.

The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist |Liam Shortall, corto-alto has been nominated in the Jazz Album of the Year Award for Bad With Names, following the album's shortlisting for the Mercury Award 2024

The Parliamentary Jazz Awards are organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Group (APPJG) and supported by music licensing company PPL. Categories include Jazz Vocalist of the Year, Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year, Jazz Album of the Year and the Services to Jazz Award.
 
Following an online public vote, the shortlist was then voted upon by a selection panel, representing a broad cross-section of backgrounds united in their passion and knowledge of jazz. The winners, chosen by judging members of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Group (APPJG), will be announced in London on Tuesday 29th October 2024.
 

 
The full list of nominees is as follows:
 
Jazz Vocalist of the Year

Emma Smith
Anita Wardell
Liane Carroll
Imogen Ryall
 
Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year

Emma Rawicz
Deschanel Gordon
Ross Stanley
 
Jazz Album of the Year
 
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
Zoe Rahman - Colour Of Sound
corto.alto - Bad With Names

Imogen Ryall - Sings The Charlie Mingus/Joni Mitchell Songbook
 
Jazz Ensemble of the Year

Blue Lab Beats
Five Way Split
Alina Bzhezhinska’s HipHarpCollective
 
Jazz Newcomer of the Year

Alex Clarke
Amy Gadiaga
Donovan Haffner
Ife Ogunjobi
 
Jazz Venue of the Year

Café Oto
Swansea Jazz Club
91 Living Room
Verdict Brighton
 
Jazz Media Award

Richard Williams
Kevin Le Gendre
Gilles Peterson
 
Jazz Education Award

Paula Gardiner
York Music Forum
Nikki Yeoh
 
Services to Jazz Award

Joe Paice
George Nelson – Moment’s Notice
Jean Toussaint

Chi Onwurah MP, Chair of APPJG, said: "These awards are a great opportunity to celebrate the talents and energies of the great musicians, educators, promoters, record labels, jazz organisations, blogs, jazz magazines and journalists who help to keep jazz flourishing.  The shortlists demonstrate the wealth of talent and commitment that exists in the British jazz scene. Now in its 19th year, the Parliamentary Jazz Awards honour the best of British jazz. MPs and Peers in the All-Party Group are grateful to PPL for supporting the event.”