Maya Lin | Denis Halliday | Tam Lin | JJ Lin | Tao Lin | Lin Carter | Justin Lin | Brigitte Lin | Michael Halliday | Lin Biao | Jon Halliday | Jeremy Lin | Mark Halliday | Lin Yutang | Lin Xiawei | Lin'an | Gao Lin | Yong Nyuk Lin | William Halliday | Tam Lin (novel) | Peter Halliday | Michael Lin | Lin Zexu | Lin Oliver | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Lin Huiyin | Lin Chi-ling | Lin Chih-chieh | LIN | Lin |
He gained recognition while running jazz programs in various Chicago clubs, playing with jazz artists including Ira Sullivan, Von Freeman, Lin Halliday, Larry Gray, Eric Alexander, and Paul Wertico.
Smith wrote 139 names of jazz musicians on his partial, haphazard tape labels: famous stars like Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Roland Kirk, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, and Lee Konitz, along with underground legends like drummer Ronnie Free, bassist Henry Grimes, drummer Edgar Bateman, multi-instrumentalist Eddie Listengart, and saxophonist Lin Halliday, as well as many unknowns.