“Tim Laughlin appears to be among the best  of this decade's younger clarinetists.”  -  Jack Sohmer, critic for JazzTimes Magazine We might construct a simple musical genealogy for  one significant ‘school’ of New Orleans jazz clarinetists: Roppolo > Fazola > Fountain > Laughlin. If one listens carefully to all of them, the lineage makes some sense.”  - Tom Jacobsen, Clarinet Magazine Email