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

Salsa has known more than its share of star vocalists and virtuoso instrumentalists. But among the artists who defined the ...

The music that the world now knows as salsa would probably not exist if not for the vision of Willie Colón. While Eddie Palmieri’s La Perfecta had been plying the two-trombone sound for years, Colón ...

Willie Colón, a key creator of urban salsa and a longtime social activist, has died. He was 75. His family and manager ...

Salsa legend, Willie Colon, has died at age 75. Colon was a key part of salsa's development in the 1970's as an instrumentalist, songwriter and producer.

A trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, he collaborated with Rubén Blades on “Siembra,” a 1978 release that ...

Willie Colón, the salsa legend who took the genre to new heights while recording more than two dozen albums for Fania Records ...

Throughout his career, Colón released more than 40 albums, pioneering a salsa sound influenced by the streets of New York ...

Willie Colón, a legendary salsa musician who played a pivotal role in the  Nuyorican salsa movement, died Saturday.

The legendary musician Willie Colón, one of the most iconic figures in salsa, died Saturday at the age of 75, his family ...