dhamaystiro oraahdan soo socota: Smith wuxuu markii danbe ku biiray kooxda Ivy Benson Orchestra sanadkii 1948 wuxuuna u duulay Berlin si uu ugu soo bandhigo ciidamada markii magaalada
go'doominta ayaa bilaabatay. Waxay guursatay fanaanka trumpet-ka Jack Peberdy bishii Agoosto 1950 (ka dib markii uu aabbeheed ku soo bandhigay xafladda dhalashadiisa 19-aad ee saxophonist-ka). Smith waxay ku biirtay kooxda Freddy Randall isla sanadkaas, iyada iyo ninkeeda waxay si buuxda ugu shaqeeyeen trumpeter-ka 1953 ilaa Febraayo 1957. Sannadkii 1956, kooxdu waxay u safartay Mareykanka, si ay ugu badaldo booqashada Louis Armstrong ee Boqortooyada Ingiriiska. Xiisadaha jinsiyadeed ayaa sare u kacay xilligaas iyo hal tiyaatar oo ku yaal Waqooyiga Carolina halkaas oo ay ku soo bandhigeysay kooxda ayaa laga daad gureeyay bamka awgiis. Smith waxay la socotay barnaamij la mid ah Bill Haley &amp; His Comets, waxayna heshay guul markii ay duubisteeda "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" ay gaadhay bandhigga hit-ka Mareykanka, iyadoo ay ku faani jireen qaar ka mid ah muusikiisteyaasha caanka ah ee dalka. Smith waxaa loo doortay mid ka mid ah ciyaartoyda saxophone-ka tenor-ka ugu fiican Britain ee codbixinta "Melody Maker" ee 1957.