Roles (Joe Sample album)

Roles is a studio album by American keyboardist band Joe Sample, released in 1987 on MCA Records.[2] The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.[3]

Roles
Studio album by Joe Sample
Released	1987
Studio	Baby'O Recorders
Genre	Jazz
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Wilton Felder

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Tracklisting

Adapted from album's text.[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Woman You're Drivin' Me Mad"	Joe Sample	5:09
2.	"The Gifted"	Joe Sample	4:47
3.	"Friends And Lovers"	Joe Sample	5:44
4.	"Ego Mania Mambo"	Joe Sample	5:05
5.	"Fortune Hunter"	Joe Sample	6:25
6.	"Ship Of Fools"	Joe Sample	5:59
7.	"Passionist"	Joe Sample	7:33

Credits

Adapted from album's text.[2]

• Art Direction, Design – Kathleen Covert
• Assistant Engineer – Glenn D. Kurtz
• Assistant Mixer – Liz Cluse
• Bass – Abraham Laboriel
• Coordinator Production Coordination – Ceferino "Sonny" Abelardo*, Pamela Hope Lobue
• Drums – Edward "Sonny" Emory II
• Engineer, Mixed By – F. Byron Clark
• Guitar – Dean Parks
• Guitar (Solo) – Rick Zunigar (tracks: B2)
• Keyboards, Producer, Piano – Joe Sample
• Marimba (Solo) – Bobby Hutcherson (tracks: A4)
• Percussion – Lenny Castro
• Photography By – Mindas (2)
• Producer – Wilton Felder
• Synthesizer [Programming] – Dr. George Shaw
• Trumpet [Muted Trumpet] – Sal Marquez (tracks: A2)
• Trumpet [Solo] – Sal Marquez (tracks: B1)
• Vibraphone [Vibes] – Bobby Hutcherson (tracks: B3)
• Voice – Jim Gilstrap (tracks: A1), Kathy Brown (tracks: A1), *Michael Tompkins (tracks: A1), Von Frajjette (tracks: A1)

References

1. "Joe Sample: Roles". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
2. Joe Sample: Roles. MCA Records. 1987.
3. "Joe Sample (Roles (Contemporary Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.