Joe Sample – Roles

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Label:	MCA Records – MCA-5978
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1987
Genre:	Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:	Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

A1	Woman You're Driving Me Mad	5:09
A2	The Gifted	4:48
A3	Friends And Lovers	5:40
A4	Ego Mania Mambo	5:03
B1	Fortune Hunter	6:24
B2	Ships Of Fools	6:00
B3	Passionist	7:33

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Baby'O Recorders
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mixed At – Soundcastle

Credits

Bass – Abraham Laboriel
Coordinator [Production Coordination] – Ceferino "Sonny" Abelardo*, Pamela Hope Lobue
Design, Art Direction – Kathleen Covert
Drums – Edward "Sonny" Emory III*
Engineer – F. Byron Clark
Engineer [Assistant] – Glenn D. Kurtz*
Flute – Gary Grant (tracks: A2, A3), Plas Johnson (tracks: A2, A3), Bill Green* (tracks: A2, A3)
Guitar – Dean Parks
Guitar [Solo] – Rick Zunigar (tracks: B2)
Keyboards [Electronic Keyboards] – Joe Sample
Marimba [Solo] – Bobby Hutcherson (tracks: A4)
Mixed By – F. Byron Clark
Mixed By [Assistant] – Liz Cluse
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Photography By [Cover Photography] – Mindas*
Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Joe Sample
Producer – Joe Sample, Wilton Felder
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming] – Dr. George Shaw*
Reeds – Plas Johnson (tracks: B1, B2), Ron Brown* (tracks: B1, B2), Bill Green* (tracks: B1, B2)
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2) (tracks: B1, B2)
Trumpet – Gary Grant (tracks: B1, B2), Sal Marquez (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2)
Trumpet [Muted] – 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)

Notes

Produced by Joe Sample and Wilton Felder for Crusaders Productions

Recorded At Baby 'O Recorders, Hollywood, CA

Mixed at Sound Castle Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA

Dean Parks Appears Courtesy of Like A Movie, Inc. Bobby Hutcherson Appears Courtesy of Landmark Records

Thanks to George and Sid