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. 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.