Now based in NYC, Jan is a staple of the jazz and world music scene, performing and recording with renowned artists such as Miguel Zenón, Alex Sipiagin, Luisito Quintero, Antonio Hart, and Reggie Workman. His cross-cultural musical projects—Jan Kus Quartet, Play_Ground, and Slavo Rican Assembly—blend jazz, Latin jazz, flamenco, and world music influences, and regularly tour both the U.S. and Europe.

Jan has performed at venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, Blue Note Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Ljubljana, and in regions as diverse as Korea, Puerto Rico, and the Balkans. He’s a three-time finalist of the international Jazzon Composition Award and recipient of the prestigious Jimmy Heath Award. His latest album with Slavo Rican Assembly, Intercosmic, was released on Riverboat Records in 2022.