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Joe Smooth

CTL-P-0012 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-00046 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0012. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Chicago house pioneer and underground DJ; head DJ at Smart Bar in 1983; recorded 'Promised Land' (1987); co-produced the Jack Trax EP with Chip E. (per S&S Chicago).

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Chicago house pioneer and underground DJ; head DJ at Smart Bar in 1983; recorded 'Promised Land' (1987); co-produced the Jack Trax EP with Chip E. (per S&S Chicago).

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Chicago house pioneer and underground DJ; head DJ at Smart Bar in 1983; recorded 'Promised Land' (1987); co-produced the Jack Trax EP with Chip E. (per S&S Chicago).

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