As a New Yorker, I was raised to believe that our city does everything better. We walk faster (seriously, move over if you’re ...

The family of renowned salsa musician Willie Colon confirmed the beloved artist has died at the age of 75. Colon’s family ...

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

"We are heartbroken by the passing of an icon whose sound transcended the dance floor and defined an era," read a statement ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite some reports that Colón’s death could be related to an alleged hospitalization for respiratory complications (via Art Threat ), there has been no official cause of death listed for the ...

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.

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

Willie Colón, a trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer whose driving musical energy and mischievous bad-boy image -- he was long promoted as "El Malo" -- helped make him a ...

Salsa legend Willie Colón has died at the age of 75.

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 ...