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Roles (Joe Sample album)

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Roles
Studio album by
Released1987
StudioBaby'O Recorders and Soundcastle (Hollywood, California)
GenreJazz
LabelMCA
Producer
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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Adapted from album's text.[2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Woman You're Drivin' Me Mad"Joe Sample5:09
2."The Gifted"Joe Sample4:47
3."Friends and Lovers"Joe Sample5:44
4."Ego Mania Mambo"Joe Sample5:05
5."Fortune Hunter"Joe Sample6:25
6."Ship of Fools"Joe Sample5:59
7."Passionist"Joe Sample7:33

Personnel

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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

References

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