Carol Jarvis

From Wikipedia:

Carol Jarvis is an English trombonist, keyboard player, arranger, educator, and voiceover artist. […]

Jarvis has worked as a session musician on film soundtracks, commercials, jingles, and studio albums. She has performed with orchestras including playing principal trombone with the likes of the London Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra and lead trombone with the Metropole Orkest.

She has also worked with artists including Taylor Swift, Amy Winehouse, Bon Jovi, Rita Ora, Elbow, Ellie Goulding, Elbow, Ben Howard, Michael Bublé, Mumford and Sons, Queen, Harry Connick Jr., Rod Stewart, Muse, Sting, Michael Bolton, and Seal.

Jarvis has written orchestral arrangements for Seal and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and served as assistant orchestrator for critically acclaimed second and third albums by Corinne Bailey Rae.

She became president of the International Trombone Association in 2023, becoming the first woman to hold the role in the organisation’s history.

Jarvis is a professor of trombone at the Royal Northern College of Music and been a professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance since 2006. She has given masterclasses and recitals across the world, from Mexico to Peru and Norway to Los Angeles. […]

Sir Paul McCartney’s new album ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ is unlike anything he’s shared before. Stories of post-war childhood, early adventures with John Lennon and George Harrison, the resilience of his parents, and a collection of newly inspired love songs. Personal, revealing, and extraordinary.

I had the absolute honour of playing on this album. A real pinch-me moment. Recorded in the legendary Studio 2 at Abbey Road – the very space where The Beatles created timeless classics like ‘Come Together’, ‘Something’, ‘Here Comes The Sun’, and ‘All You Need Is Love’.

It was a truly special session with the incredible @benfostercomposer at the helm, and a memory I’ll treasure forever. Paul even had a toot on my beloved @rathtrombones R1!

From Carol Jarvis on Instagram, May 29, 2026

Albums, EPs & singles which Carol Jarvis contributed to

Songs Carol Jarvis contributed to

Recording sessions Carol Jarvis participated in