Joe Sample "Roles" (1987) -Smooth Jazz-

Label : MCA Records

 Side One

01 - Woman You're Driving Me Mad (Joe Sample)
02 - The Gifted (Joe Sample)
03 - Friends And Lovers (Joe Sample)
04 - Ego Mania Mambo (Joe Sample)

Side Two

01 - Fortune Hunter (Joe Sample)
02 - Ships Of Fools (Joe Sample)
03 - Passionist (Joe Sample)


Produced by Joe Sample & Wilton Felder for Crusaders Productions
Engineered by F. Byron Clark with Glenn D. Kurtz Assisting
Mixed by F. Byron Clark with Liz Cluse Assisting
Recorded at Baby's O Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Sound Castle Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA
Production Coordination by Ceferino 'Sonny' Abelardo & Pamela Hope Lobue

Musicians & Instrumentation :
Joe Sample : Acoustic Piano, Electronic Keyboards
Dean Parks : Guitar
Rick Zunigar : Guitar Solo on "Ships Of Fools"
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Edward 'Sonny" Emory : Drums
Lenny Castro : Percussion
Bobby Hutcherson : Vibes on "Passionist", Marimba Solo on "Ego Mania Mambo"
Sal Marquez : Trumpet Solo on "Fortune Hunter", Muted Trumpet on "The Gifted"
Dr. George Shaw : Synthesizer Programming

Horn Section on "Fortune Hunter" & "Ships Of Fools" :
Sal Marquez : Trumpet
Gary Grant : Trumpet
Plas Johnson : Reeds
Bill Green : Reeds
Ron Brown : Reeds
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone

Horn Section on "The Gifted" & "Friends And Lovers"
Sal Marquez : Trumpet
Gary Grant : Flute
Plas Johnson : Flute
Bill Green : Flute

Voices on "Woman You're Driving Me Mad" : Michael Tomkins, Jim Gilstrap, Kathy Brown & Von Frajjette