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Tim Laughlin
“Live in Germany”
(Gentilly Records 252) April 2005

Live in Germany CD cover art
Track Listing:
  1. Crazy Rhythm
  2. Black and Blue
  3. Caravan
  4. Pee Wee's Blues
  5. Bourbon Moon
  6. Petite Fleur
  7. Avalon
  8. Spain
  9. Lover Come Back To Me
  10. Sidewalk Blues
  11. Georgia On My Mind
  12. Palesteena
  13. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet; Jack Maheu, clarinet; Tom Fischer, clarinet/tenor sax; John Royen, piano; Matt Perrine, bass/sousaphone; Hal Smith, drums; Ronnie Magri, drums

Tim Laughlin
“The Isle of Orleans”
(Gentilly Records 162) April 2003

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“If you live in New Orleans and make your living playing traditional jazz, you have some choices as to what music you're going to play.

You can cave in completely to tourist demand and blare out nothing but the Dixieland Top 40 ("Saints", "Muskrat Ramble", etc.), then complain about how little you're working...

...more of Tom McDermott's liner notes and Tim's Thoughts.
Track Listing:
(all songs and lyrics written by Tim Laughlin)
  1. Dumaine Street Breakdown
  2. Restless Heart
  3. Suburban Street Parade
  4. Blues For Faz
  5. I Know I'll See You Again
  6. The Isle Of Orleans
  7. The Gentilly Strut
  8. It's My Love Song To You
  9. Magnolia Dance
  10. March Of the Uncle Bubby's
  11. Crescent City Moon
  12. Monkey Hill
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet; Connie Jones, cornet; Rick Trolsen & Lucien Barbarin, trombone; Tom McDermott & John Royen, piano; Matt Perrine, bass & sousaphone; John Eubanks, guitar; Neil Unterseher & Frankie Lynne, banjo; Hal Smith, drums; Jason Marsalis, vibraphone; Phillip Manuel, vocals

Tim Laughlin
“Straight Ahead”
(Tim Laughlin Music) March 2001

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“...sweet elegance”
  - Jason Berry, New Orleans Magazine

“A collection of timeless standards and originals composed by Laughlin especially for this album. As one of the few jazz clarinetists recording original compositions, Tim Laughlin takes the sound of his clarinet to yet another level.”

Read what Tom McDermott had to say about "Straight Ahead" in Gambit Weekly.

Track Listing:

  1. The Way You Look Tonight
    (J. Kern)
  2. That Dream Of Mine
    (T. Laughlin)
  3. I Will Wait for You
    (M. Legrand)
  4. Our Romance
    (T. Laughlin)
  5. Judy
    (T. Laughlin)
  6. Wing It
    (T. Laughlin)
  7. He Loves and She Loves
    (G. Gershwin)
  8. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
    (J.P. Johnson)
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet; Peter Martin, piano; Bill Huntington, bass; John Eubanks, guitar; Bunchy Johnson, drums & percussion

Tim Laughlin / Hank Mackie
“Great Ballads ... Past and Present”
(LOUISIANA REDHOT RECORDS LRHR 1112) January 1999

Great Ballads ... Past and Present - CD cover art
“A collection of beautiful, masterfully written songs from the likes of Cole Porter, Billy Stayhorn, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Rodgers, Jimmy Van Heusen, and others.”

“Included are three of Tim Laughlin's original compositions. With guitar master Hank Mackie, Tim Laughlin takes the “Art of the melody” and makes it his own. It's what he enjoys best.”



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 Track Listing:

  1. Do I Love You
    (C. Porter)
  2. We'll Be Together Again
    (C. Fischer/F. Laine)
  3. Imagination
    (J. Van Heusen/J. Burke)
  4. Esplanade
    (Tim Laughlin)
  5. Our Romance
    (Tim Laughlin)
  6. Two Sleepy People
    (H. Carmichael/F. Loesser)
  7. I Had The Craziest Dream
    (H. Warren/M. Gordon)
  8. Lotus Blossom
    (B. Strayhorn)
  9. All The Way
    (J. Van Heusen/S. Cahn)
  10. These Foolish Things
    (H. Link/E. Maschwitz/J. Stachey)
  11. (I Must Have Done) Something Good
    (R. Rodgers)
  12. (I'm Getting) Sentimental Over You
    (N. Washington/G. Bassman)
  13. Memories Of You
    (E. Blake/A. Razaf)
  14. Angel Eyes
    (M. Dennis/E.Brent)
  15. It's All I Ask Of You
    (Tim Laughlin)
  16. That's All
    (A. Brandt/B. Haymes)
  17. Autumn Nocturne
    (K. Gannon/J. Myrow)
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet; Hank Mackie, guitar

Tim Laughlin / Tom Morley
“Talkin’ Swing”
(JAZZOLOGY JCD 315) May-July 1997

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“...preserving here the real essence of swing!”
    -  The Mississippi Rag
Track Listing:

  1. I Found A New Baby
    (Spencer Williams/Jack Palmer)
  2. Jubilee (Hoagy Charmichael)
  3. Yellow Dog Blues
    (W.C. Handy)
  4. Perdido (Duke Ellington)
  5. Crescent City Moon
    (Tim Laughlin)
  6. Crescent City Moon:
    Corrina Corrina/South/
    San Antonio Rose*
    (p.d./Bennie Moten/Bob Willis)
  7. Old Man River
    (Jermone Kern)
  8. Lullaby Of Birdland
    (George Shearing)
  9. Hesitation Blues
    (W.C. Handy)
  10. Wing It (Tim Laughlin)
  11. September Song
    (Kurt Weil)
  12. Tiger Rag (Nick Larocca)
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet; Tom Morley, violin; John Royen, piano; Hank Mackie, guitar; Hal Smith, drums; Al Bernard, bass

Tim Laughlin
“Blue Orleans”
(Good Time Jazz GTJCD-15004-2) 1996

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“ambitious...imaginative...adventurous...delightful throughout!”
    -  Jazz Journal International
Track Listing:

  1. Farewell Blues
  2. Blue Orleans
  3. Limehouse Blues
  4. King of the Mardi Gras
  5. Buddy Bolden's Blues
  6. Palesteena
  7. Savoy Blues
  8. Lonesome
  9. Panama
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet; Connie Jones, trumpet; Kevin Clark, trumpet; Al Barthlow, trombone; Mike Genevay, bass trombone; Tony Dagradi, tenor sax; David Torkanowsky, Organ; Johnny Vidacovich, drums; John Royen, piano; Hal Smith, drums; Matt Perrine, bass/sousaphone; Hank Mackie, guitar; And Others...

Tim Laughlin / Tom Fischer
“New Orleans Swing”
(JAZZOLOGY JCD 265) December 1995

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“Laughlin is a confident improviser with not only a warm, round sound but the contrapuntal skills to engage one of the most challenging contexts extant, the two-clarinets front line.”
    -  Jazztimes Magazine
Track Listing:

  1. I Want To Be Happy
  2. Basin Street Blues
  3. King of the Mardi Gras
  4. Burgundy Street Blues
  5. Shine
  6. St. James Infirmary
  7. Little Rock Getaway
  8. Memories of You
  9. Ice Cream
  10. Blue Turning Grey Over You
  11. Sweet Georgia Brown
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet and leader; Tom Fischer, clarinet, alto and soprano saxophones; John Royen, piano; Hank Mackie, guitar; Hal Smith, drums; Al Bernard, bass.

Tim Laughlin / Jack Maheu
“Swing That Music”
(JAZZOLOGY JCD 245) 1995

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“Critics Choice -- 1997
Top 5 Albums of the Year”
    - Jack Sohmer, Jazztimes Magazine
Track Listing:

  1. The Fish Vendor
  2. Creole Love Call
  3. High Society
  4. The Mooche
  5. It's Alright With Me
  6. Blue Orleans
  7. Panama
  8. My Inspiration
  9. Old Fashioned Love
  10. Swing That Music
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin and Jack Maheu, clarinets with John Royen, piano; Hank Mackie, guitar; Al Bernard, bass; Hal Smith, drums.

Tim Laughlin
“New Orleans Rhythm”
(JAZZOLOGY JCD 235) May 1993

New Orleans Rhythm - CD cover art
“His technical mastery of the instrument is evidenced by the ease and rapidity with which he moves... definitely a keeper!”
    -  Midwest Jazz Magazine
Track Listing:

  1. Farewell Blues
  2. Petite Fleur
  3. Mama's (Papa's) Gone Goodbye
  4. Avalon
  5. Jitterbug Waltz
  6. Caravan
  7. Dr. Jazz
  8. Memphis Blues
  9. Si Tu Vois Ma Mere
  10. St. Louis Blues
  11. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
  12. Sweet Substitute
  13. China Boy
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet and vocal; John Royen, piano and vocal; Hank Mackie, guitar; Al Bernard, bass; Chris Tyle, drums and vocal.

Tim Laughlin
“New Orleans’ Own”
(JAZZOLOGY JCD 205) July 1991

New Orleans' Own - CD cover art
“Laughlin’s smoothly appealing low register and confident piping highs are spotlit: he plays a flowing line...”
    - Downbeat Magazine
Track Listing:

  1. Milneburg Joys
  2. What A Wonderful World
  3. Lulu's Back in Town
  4. Darkness On The Delta
  5. Quincy Street Stomp
  6. Do You Know What It Means
    To Miss New Orleans
  7. South Rampart Street Parade
  8. When The Saints
    Go Marching In
  9. Mama's Gone Goodbye
  10. Louisiana Fairytale
  11. Handful Of Keys
  12. New Orleans
  13. Wolverine Blues
PERSONNEL: Tim Laughlin, clarinet; Connie Jones, trumpet; Al Barthlow, trombone; Tom Fischer, tenor sax; John Royen, piano; Hank Mackie, guitar; Jim Black, bass; Hal Smith, drums
 

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