His career spanned 60 years and dozens of albums and had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time.

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

By styling himself after mobsters and blaxploitation characters early in his career, Mr. Colón, the legend of salsa music who ...

Willie Colón, a trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer whose driving musical energy and mischievous bad-boy ...

"From me and Los Sobrinos, we wish Willie Colón rests in peace," Bad Bunny said, referencing his own live band.

Willie Colón, the legendary Latin musician who helped define salsa music, has The Bronx-born trombonist, bandleader and ...

Feb 21 (Reuters) - American salsa legend Willie Colon, the pioneering trombonist, vocalist and composer, died on Saturday at ...

On February 21, the world of Latin music lost one of its most important architects. Willie Colón passed away, leaving behind ...

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 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 salsa music legend and pioneer of Latin American music, has died. He was 75. Colón’s family announced his death on social media Saturday. He died in New York after reportedly being ...

Willie Colon showed virtuosic ability on the trombone and was working professionally by his early teens.