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 ...

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

Legendary salsa musician Willie Colón has died at 75, his famil Saturday. A cause of death has not been disclosed for the Bronx-born trombonist, vocalist, and composer ...

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

A trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, he collaborated with Rubén Blades on “Siembra,” a 1978 release that became one of the top-selling salsa albums of all time.

Music superstar Willie Colón, who helped define the salsa genre in the 1970s and '80s, died on Saturday, Feb. 21, his family confirmed on Facebook.

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 City and beloved by Latin immigrant households around the globe.

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

A common theme emerged from the music playlist blaring on the backfields of the Ed Smith Stadium complex on Monday, when the ...

After high school, Lillian kept that dream alive -- first cheering on the ice for the Florida Panthers, and then taking center field for five years with the Miami Dolphins. When her time with the ...