| Vertical Form VI | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | George Russell |
| Cover: | Vertical Form VI.jpg |
| Released: | 1981 |
| Recorded: | March 10, 1977 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 40:44 |
| Label: | Soul Note |
| Producer: | George Russell |
| Chronology: | George Russell |
| Prev Title: | Living Time |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | New York Big Band |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Vertical Form VI is a live album by George Russell recorded in 1977 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1981, featuring a performance by the Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra.[1]
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album four stars and states "This is a magnificent and critically acclaimed large band recording with the Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra playing compositions and arrangements by George Russell, who also conducted. His music, with its intricate, unpredictable, and keenly structured pace, textures, and layers, are expertly played". The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide gave it five stars and called it "a live orchestral recording that captures Russell's innovative orchestration techniques in a stunning extended work".
All compositions by George Russell