Beachwood, Ohio native Jonah Koslen has been active in the music business as a composer, a producer and a
performer, since 1973. As an original member of the Michael Stanley Band, Jonah wrote and recorded some of
MSB”s most loved songs, “Waste a Little Time On Me”, “Strike Up The Band”, “Nothing’s Gonna Change My
Mind” and “Ladies Choice”. Jonah contributed lead guitar, lead vocals and arrangements to the first three MSB
albums and numerous compilations. His classic MSB song, “Nothings Gonna Change My Mind” charted
nationally in the summer of 1977.
Jonah recorded his first the solo project, Back Tracks, in 1978. Later that year Jonah formed the now classic
Midwest rock band, Breathless, and recorded two national releases for EMI America, which featured fan faves
“Takin” It Back”, “Walk Right In” among many others. “Takin” It Back” charted in 1979.
In the 1980s, Jonah formed Jonah Koslen and the Heroes, recording two albums, “Aces” and “Orange”. Jonah
relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1984, and his first 13 years in LA were very busy. He recorded demos
with 80″s teen star Tiffany, appeared at Farm Aid II with blues legend Bonnie Bramlett in the Bandaloo
Doctors, subsequently writing and recording several songs for an episode of the TV show “Fame”, which
Bonnie appeared in. Jonah worked and recorded with one time Aerosmith guitarist Jimmy Crespo, Guns and
Roses guitarist Gilby Clark, and appeared on a live television broadcast with Wayne Newton. He composed
music for the Skin Diver CD, which appeared in the films including Teenage Vampire, The Dangerous, and
Lunar Cop. With friend Joe Walsh, Jonah created the ‘morphing’ video that appeared in concert with the Eagles,
introducing the encore songs on the “Hell Freezes Over” world tour.
In the early 90s, Jonah and Michael Stanley co-wrote and produced the Ghost Poets CD. He also composed and
produced an album for the rock band Skin Diver. At different times throughout the years, Jonah has been a CDROM producer for Philips Media (producing and designing the “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” game for the Improv
Comedy club), an Internet radio pioneer with ClevelandHits.com and Everstream and a web developer.
Jonah has released many acclaimed new, compilation and live recordings throughout his career, including
“Telling On Myself”, “Jonah Koslen and The Heroes Agora Live” – a classic recording of a WMMS Coffebreak
concert from 1983 containing live versions of classic MSB, Breathless and Heroes favorites – as well as re-releases of the Breathless catalog. In the fall of 2022, Jonah reunited with original surviving MSB alumni
Tommy Dobeck and Daniel Pecchio under the name KDP for two sold-out shows, which resulted in the 2023
release “KDP Kent Stage Live ‘22”. In the summer of 2025 Jonah released a limited-edition vinyl-only
recording, “Unreleased Tracks From The Stagepass Era.”
Jonah has regularly returned to his Northeast Ohio roots during the last 45 years playing his original MSB,
Breathless and solo works to sold-out shows for his faithful fans. 2026 will start off with a bang as Jonah and
his band, featuring musical director and guitarist extraordinaire Michael Weber, original Breathless member
Rodney Psyka, keyboardist Rik Storm, drummer Ed Davis and bassist Evan Baker perform an exciting new
show featuring all his fan favorites May 8th at The Kent Stage.
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