No Side Effects
Studio album by Roscoe Mitchell
Released	2006
Recorded	December 23 & 24, 2005; January 10 & February 18, 2006
Studio	Audio for the Arts, Madison, Wisconsin
Genre	Jazz
Length	126:04
Label	RogueArt
Producer	Michel Dorbon
Roscoe Mitchell chronology
Turn (2005) No Side Effects (2006) Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (2007)

No Side Effects is a double album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell which was released in 2006 on the French RogueArt label. He leads a trio with Harrison Bankead on bass and cello and Vincent Davis on drums.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

In his review for AllMusic, Alain Drouot states "Mitchell achieves a fine equilibrium between introspection, angularity, and intensity... The performance has a timeless quality since Mitchell only tries to fulfill his artistic mission, makes no concession to trends, and refuses to compromise with his ideas."^[1]

The All About Jazz review by Marc Medwin says "Mitchell's recordings can elicit a deeply intuitive but ultimately inexplicable sense of unification in the face of superficial diversity, and this newest double disc is no exception."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell

Disc One: No Side Effects

1. "Poem" - 6:23
2. "Flash" - 5:24
3. "From Red to Rusk" - 4:48
4. "Broken Pictures" - 4:23
5. "Shake-up" - 8:10
6. "Trio Four" - 4:36
7. "No Side Effects" - 3:12
8. "Frame Three" - 6:30
9. "Shag Bark Hickory" - 2:25
10. "Let's See" - 3:57
11. "Ruddy" - 4:20
12. "Vermillon" - 4:12
13. "When the Winds Blow" - 6:11

Disc Two: Frames

1. "Parched Plain" - 13:38
2. "Shore Line" - 5:22
3. "An Afternoon Walk" - 6:02
4. "Enfold" - 6:56
5. "Frame Two" - 2:51
6. "They Danced" - 3:35
7. "Ride" - 3:41
8. "Here We Go" - 3:39
9. "Rolling" - 6:15
10. "Yellow Night" - 6:41
11. "Sway" - 2:53

Personnel

• Roscoe Mitchell - soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bass sax, flute, piccolo, percussion
• Harrison Bankhead – bass, cello
• Vincent Davis – drums, percussion

References