Roles is a studio album by American pianist keyboardist Joe Sample, released in 1987 on MCA Records. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.
Track listing
Adapted from album's text.
Personnel
Adapted from album's text.
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
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)