Colón was 75. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, in the South Bronx, Colón signed with Fania Records as a teenager and quickly became central to the raw, trombone-forward sound that ...

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

New York-born Puerto Rican trombonist, singer, bandleader and exponent of salsa credited with nearly 40 albums ...

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

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

The roots / John Storm Roberts -- What makes rhumba? / William Gottlieb -- The form and formation of the rumba in Cuba / Larry Crook -- Ponce, the danza, and the national question : notes toward a ...

Salsa music icon Willie Colon died on Saturday, his family and longtime manager said, leaving fans mourning the loss of "an architect of the New York sound." ...

GRAMMY-nominated salsa legend Willie Colón has died aged 75. Heartbreaking tributes have poured in for the musical pioneer – with Bad Bunny calling the star “one of the legends who ...

With his gangster image, Colón ruffled the feathers of the musical establishment, but thrilled millions of fans as he displayed the raw rhythmic possibility of salsa ...

Latin dancers performed traditional numbers for dozens of gatherers at Orchard Beach Monday to pay tribute to late salsa star Celia Cruz. Cruz, who was Cuban-born, moved to New York City in the 1960s.