Drummer and street singer, promoter of Polish music from the first half of the 20th century and its creators, he graduated from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław and the Drummers Collective in New York.

He has been present on the professional music scene since 1998. He is a session musician and leads his own projects. Since the beginning of his career, he has moved between musical styles. He is inspired by the music of West Africa, South America, Caucasus, and Central Poland. He also experiments with electroacoustics. In his solo recitals, he combines membranophones and idiophones with analog electronic instruments. He has recorded and performed with Polish stars of pop, jazz, alternative jazz, and the experimental scene.

Since 2018, he has been associated with Polish Radio Channel 3, where he hosts a weekly show called Salon, Ulica, Dancing. He is the founder and leader of the Warsaw Dance Combo, which performs the traditional repertoire of the capital’s street orchestras. Together with pianist Marcin Masecki, he forms the Młynarski–Masecki Jazz Band, a group that draws on the tradition of prewar dance orchestras.

He recently released his own albums: Narkotyki with the band Brass Federacja (Mystic Production, 2023) and Gambit as JM Solo (U Jazz Me Records, 2024). His accolades include notably the City of Warsaw Award, ZAiKS Award, Polish Radio Channel 3’s Mateusz Award, and the Fryderyk Award.

Jan Emil Młynarski has been developing the concept of a solo percussion recital for several years. His instrument is a combination of ethnic drums and idiophones, traditional jazz percussion, and analog percussion modules. Using such a tool allows him to move between African and Polish rhythmic influences and combine them with the world of electronic music containing elements of techno, ambient, jungle, and breakbeat. The solo act is a search for balance between structure and emotion through a dialogue between form and improvisation.