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Roles is a studio album by American pianist Joe Sample, released in 1987 on MCA Records. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.

Roles

• Audio CD – Audiobook
• Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• MCA (Publisher)

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Track listing:

1 Woman You’re Driving Me Mad 6:10
2 The Gifted 4:47
3 Friends And Lovers 5:42
4 Ego Mania Mambo 6:54
5 Gentle Men 4:25
6 Fortune Hunter 6:24
7 Ships Of Fools 5:59
8 Passionist 7:35

Personnel:

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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Released: 1987
Studio: Baby’O Recorders and Soundcastle (Hollywood, California)
Label: MCA
Producer: Wilton Felder, Joe Sample