He has worked with Cecil Taylor, Peter Brötzmann, Marshall Allen, John Tchicai, Elliott Sharp, Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, Jim O'Rourke etc.
[1] [2][3] His love of Minutemen got him to explore other bands on the SST Records label which led to his discovery of Henry Kaiser, Elliott Sharp and Saccharine Trust.
[2] Smith credited Saccharine Trust's improvised live album Worldbroken with altering his views on punk rock, jazz, and free-form jamming.
[3] Initially an electric bass player due to his love of Minutemen and Watt's followup band fIREHOSE,[3] Smith switched to double bass and began focusing on improvisation[3] inspired by Peter Kowald[1] and his album Duos:Europa[5] Smith studied with Bill Douglas,[5] Lisle Ellis,[2][5] Kristin Zerneg,[5] Bertram Turetsky[5] etc.
[8] With Emergency String Quartet With Alvin Fielder With Vinny Golia With William Hooker With Henry Kaiser With Weasel Walter With others