JazzTimes wrote that bassist Lee Smith, a Philadelphia native, ???has it all, and ???all??? includes a fierce sense of swing, formidable technique, exquisite taste and restraint, and an always-inventive ability as a soloist.??? Self-taught on the electric and upright bass, Smith worked the Atlantic City circuit in the 1980s and has performed with legends such as Dizzy Gillespie and Cab Calloway.