The Fried Seven Roll Some Jelly
Do you wonder what we have been doing lately? Well, apart from visiting some of our favourite stages in Europe, we have recorded a new album that will be released soon. This one includes and features one of our modern heroes all the way from Portland, Oregon.
We are very happy and proud to present...
Studio 2 in Heuvellaan Hilversum is a studio we have known for a long time since many of our heroes recorded there in the last century. This legendary studio was built in 1931 and is still fantastic!
Sound engineer Frans de Rond was excited when we discussed our album, and our idea of recording it in Studio 2 with only one or two microphones. He runs a record label himself, specialized in these types of recordings called Sound Liaison. Recording this way allows you to do the mixing on the spot, using positioning and the volume of the instruments to make the right balance. It’s a really inspiring way of recording, not unlike what our heroes did a hundred years ago!
During the first week of June 2025 we spent three days in the studio recording what will become our second album. During the first two days we recorded pieces that featured Andrew Oliver on piano, on the third we recorded pieces arranged for our band without piano.
We can’t wait to release this album!
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Andrew Oliver is a pianist from Portland, Oregon focused on 1920s and 30s jazz, stride piano, ragtime and tango music. Specialist in the music of the great New Orleans pioneering pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, Andrew has recorded all of Jelly’s known compositions on the “Complete Morton Project” YouTube Channel with clarinetist David Horniblow.
Our guest on The Fried Seven Roll Some Jelly: Andrew Oliver
Check out Andrew’s other music and projects here:
We are big fans of Andrew, and were delighted that he played concerts and recorded with us.
We know, these are exciting news and we are also already looking forward to the release, but in the meantime you can always go back or discover our first album:
The Fried Seven presents their debut album with Rivermont Records
Late to the Party
"The party that this band is ultimately bound for actually started over a hundred years ago across an ocean [...] Somehow, the party always finds a way to keep going, spreading even, changing with every breath but staying true to its core. I still don’t know if they - The Fried Seven - are late to that party. But I am sure that they will keep it going.
I’m sure you’ll feel like keeping it going, too, as you listen to this record."
- Julio Schwarz Andrade
"Laura patiently admired the Seven from a distance until she worked up the courage to ask if she could join them for a few songs. Fortune favors the brave and, in this case, the audience as well, who gets to enjoy her sweet, nuanced vocals. "
- Julio Schwarz Andrade
Our special guest in late to the party: Laura Dooge
Laura also sings the Great American Songbook of the 1940s and ’50s and, with her own band, Vondelier, explores the rich repertoire of lyrics written in her native Dutch.
"You might have started suspecting that the Seven really like King Oliver’s 1926 recordings and, thankfully for all involved, you’d be right.
They add their own twist to this Elmer Schoebel and Billy Meyers fox trot, including a reeds duet, a reversed cornet break, and a harmonized showcase for their barbershop skills — just in case that gig ever comes up.
We still haven’t figured out exactly what was too bad, Mister Joe, but we sure hope it’s gotten better!"
- Julio Schwarz Andrade
Too bad
Billy Meyers - Elmer Schoebel 1926
Guess Who's in Town
On the 3rd of November of 2023 we released our first single of our debut album "Late to the Party".
Guess Who's in Town features vocalist Laura Dooge in the first vocal tune of the album. Inspired by the version of James P. Johnson and Ethel Waters our beloved Pepijn Mouwen made this beautiful arrangement of the song specially tailored to our band.
J. C. Johnson - Andy Razaf 1928
