Almost all the songs are written by Arnoud himself. The track titles of the funk songs are: Grusin\'s Bag, A Funky Case, Momentje, Thanks and Take the Boardwalk. Also there will be free improvisations on the album on \'Mist\' and \'De Trechter\'. Besides these songs the album will contain some standards, played in a modern setting:

• Promenade from the Schilderijen Tentoonstelling (Modest Mussorgski/arr. P.Stark),
  
• Seven Days (Sting/ arr. A.Gerritse),
  
• The Worksong (Nat Adderley/ arr. A.Gerritse),
  
• Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie/ arr. A.Gerritse),
  
• Slo-Funk (Bob Mintzer),
  
• You don\'t Know What Love Is (G.De Paul/Billy Holiday/ arr. A.Gerritse), and
  
• Gospell Song (Kris Goessens)

Tijmen Zinkhaan will be the recording technician and the cover of \'The Arnoud Gerritse Funky Case\' is an artwork of artist Ad Arma (see the image above).

Arnoud\'s recording band consists of:

• Ed Verhoeff (gitar),
  
• Kris Goessens and Paul Stark (Piano/Keyboards),
  
• Maciej Domaradzki and Jeroen Vierdag (basgitar/double bass),
  
• Ken Ard, Digna Jansen and Esther Verhagen (Vocals),
  
• Ron van Stratum (percussion) and of course
  
• Arnoud Gerritse (drums)

The album also features three great artists:

• Rob van den Broeck (keyboards)
  
• Rob van Kreeveld (piano)
  
• John Engels (drums)

A movie of the recording sessions is being made by Arnoud\'s brother and will be available on him web site www.arnoudgerritse.com. A full package of drums, you can say!

The release date is not yet set, but we will keep you posted!