Rick Laird: Musicians Over Here Sound As If They're Stuck
Max Jones, Melody Maker, 15 January 1966
LONDON — LATEST in a long line of British jazz musicians to trek to the United States is twenty-four-year-old Rick Laird, resident bassist at London's Ronnie Scott Club. He leaves this country next week for Boston, Mass., and the Berklee School of Music.
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