Roles (Joe Sample album)
| Roles | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1987 |
| Studio | Baby'O Recorders |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | MCA Records |
| Producer | Wilton Felder |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
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]
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
- ^ "Joe Sample: Roles". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
- ^ a b c Joe Sample: Roles. MCA Records. 1987.
- ^ "Joe Sample (Roles (Contemporary Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.