Career
She is perhaps best known from her recordings with the Vivien Garry Quintet, though other recordings have surfaced recently. In addition to her work in jazz and rhythm & blues, she performed with the All City Symphony Orchestra of Los Los Angeles In 1944 she was leading a trio, with Nina Russell and Mata Royal
In 1951, she led an all-female sextette, featuring Clora Bryant, on the Chicks and the Fiddle show hosted by Philosophy Moore that broadcast for six weeks on Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1952, she was the featured soloist on KTLA"s variety show, Dixie Showboat.
On March 31, 1953 Smock recorded as part of a group, with Gerald Wiggins, Freddie Simon, Red Callender, and Rudy Pitts, accompanying the vocalist Cecil "Count" Carter.