1987 studio album by Joe Sample
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| Source | Rating |
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Roles is a studio album by American pianist keyboardist Joe Sample, released in 1987 on MCA Records.[2] The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.[3]
Track listing
Adapted from album's text.[2]
| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "Woman You're Drivin' Me Mad" | Joe Sample | 5:09 |
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| 2. | "The Gifted" | Joe Sample | 4:47 |
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| 3. | "Friends and Lovers" | Joe Sample | 5:44 |
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| 4. | "Ego Mania Mambo" | Joe Sample | 5:05 |
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| 5. | "Fortune Hunter" | Joe Sample | 6:25 |
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| 6. | "Ship of Fools" | Joe Sample | 5:59 |
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| 7. | "Passionist" | Joe Sample | 7:33 |
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Personnel
Adapted from album's text.[2]
Production
- Joe Sample – producer
- Wilton Felder – producer
- F. Byron Clark – engineer, mixing
- Glenn Kurtz – assistant engineer
- Liz Cluse – mix assistant
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Ceferino "Sonny" Abelardo – production coordinator
- Pamela Hope Lobue – production coordinator
- Kathleen Covert – art direction, design
- Mindas – cover photography
Musicians
- Joe Sample – acoustic piano, electronic keyboards
- Dr. George Shaw – synthesizer programming
- Dean Parks – guitars
- Rick Zunigar – guitar solo (6)
- Abraham Laboriel – bass
- Sonny Emory – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Bobby Hutcherson – marimba solo (4), vibraphone (7)
- Bill Green – flute (2, 3), reeds (5, 6)
- Plas Johnson – flute (2, 3), reeds (5, 6)
- Ronald Brown – reeds (5, 6)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (5, 6)
- Gary Grant – flute (2, 3), trumpet (5, 6)
- Sal Marquez – trumpet (2, 3, 5, 6), muted trumpet (2), trumpet solo (5)
- Kathy Brown, Voncielle Faggett, Jim Gilstrap and Michael Tompkins – voices (1)
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