“I was growing up in Gentilly, it was in the fourth grade, and a friend of mine down the street had a clarinet and I liked the way it sounded. So I started bugging my Mom for one, and she quickly relented.” Tim Laughlin is remembering how he got his start playing music, and more than 20 years later we can safely say that his mother made a wise purchase, for today he is one of the busiest, most recognizable and interesting clarinetists around. Although he counts Kenny Davern, Bob Wilber, Jack ...