Jacek Kochan

{{Short description|Polish musician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}

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Jacek Kochan (born 1955) is a Polish-born drummer, composer, arranger and music producer. After having started his adventures in music in Poland in the seventies, he moved in the early eighties first to New York City and then to Canada.{{Cite web |title=Jacek Kochan |url=https://culture.pl/en/artist/jacek-kochan |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Culture.pl |language=en}} There he worked with among many others Michel Donato, Karen Young, Andrew Leroux, Yannick Rieu, Oliver Jones, Jean-Pierre Zanella, Michel Cusson, John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Pat Labarbera and Kenny Wheeler.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p165210/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Jacek Kochan|last=Potts|first=Diana|publisher=AMG|accessdate=16 May 2010}} {{Cite web |last=Jazz |first=All About |date=2022-11-25 |title=Jacek Kochan Musician - All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/jacek-kochan/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=All About Jazz Musicians |language=en}}

In 1995, he returned to Europe where he continued to compose, play, tour and record music with artists like Brian Conlon Dave Liebman, Greg Osby, Marc Copland, Gary Thomas, Joey Calderazzo, Palle Mikkelborg and Eddie Henderson. Kochan has released several albums as a leader. Among those are One Eyed Horse (2004) and Yearning (2006).{{Cite web |title=Dream Cymbals - Jacek Kochan |url=https://dreamcymbals.com/artists/canada/kochan-jacek?srsltid=AfmBOoq-7gD8G2l8VA2EyBBQ33mZApqTWR84Pwfnu0XAJYIbH6AFUAqT |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Dream Cymbals}}