Editing Rick Laird (section)

{{Short description|Irish jazz bassist (1941–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Rick Laird
| image               = Rick Laird 1973 (cropped).png
| caption             = Rick Laird in 1973. 
| birth_name          = Richard Quentin Laird
| alias               = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1941|2|5|df=yes}} 
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2021|7|4|1941|2|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| death_place         = [[New City, New York|New City, Rockland County, New York]], U.S.
| instrument          = {{hlist|Bass guitar|[[double bass]]}}
| genre               = [[Jazz fusion]]
| occupation          = 
| years_active        = 1962–2021
| label               = 
}}

'''Richard Quentin Laird''' (February 5, 1941 – July 4, 2021) was an Irish musician, best known as the bassist and a founding member of the jazz fusion band [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]], with which he performed from 1971 to 1973.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rick-laird-mn0000303541 Profile], AllMusic; accessed 23 August 2021.</ref>