A graduate of the Karol Szymanowski High School of Music in Warsaw, he studied jazz with A. Jagodziński at the Bednarska State School of Music in Warsaw, and went on to W. Niedziela’s class at the Jazz Department of the Katowice Academy of Music (graduated 2004). He and his brother co-founded the Mateusz Smoczyński Quartet. He works with the ensembles of M. Urbaniak, U. Dudziak (Artistic Director), the J. Małek Quintet, the M. Bałata Quintet, E. Kulm’s Quintessence, a duo with vibraphonist D. Bukowski and his own Trio with K. Pacan and S. Frankiewicz; he also participates in a new project, “Smoke and The Smokes” (J. Smoczyński, Ł. Poprawski, T. Krawczyk, D. Biel). He played concerts with T. Szukalski, J. Muniak, Z. Namysłowski, A. Cudzich, J. Kochan, A. Olejniczak. He co-authored the soundtrack for Leszek Dawid’s film My Place (Special Prize for Best Music at the Aix-en-Provence film festival). A laureate of first prize (Trio) and individual prize at the 2001 international Jazz Juniors Festival, he also won an individual prize and a second group prize at the 2000 Jazz Standards Festival in Siedlce, first prize with the J. Namysłowski Quintet at the All-Polish Young Jazz Ensembles Review in Gdynia. He gives concerts in Poland and abroad, and, since 2004, has recorded in his own recording studio.