(AP) - Willie Colón, the Grammy-nominated architect of urban salsa music and social activist, died Saturday. He was 75.

Willie Colón, a trombonist, bandleader, composer, and key architect of salsa music, has died. His family confirmed the news ...

In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Friday, Feb. 21, 1936, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about ...

His first album, 1967’s El Malo, sold over 300,000 copies, and Colón later became one of the best-selling salsa artists of all time. His work combined funk, jazz, R&B, Latin rhythms, and the political ...

The salsa icon and Nuyorican pioneer’s bold trombone sound and landmark collaborations helped define a generation of Latin music.

The legendary musician Willie Colón, one of the most iconic figures in salsa and the Nuyorican salsa movement, died Saturday at the age of 75, his family confirmed in a message posted on his social ...

A sculptor says it has been “an absolute privilege” to restore a stone frieze above the door of the former Leadmill nightclub.

The musician made more than 40 albums, earning him nine gold and five platinum records ...