His first album, 1967’s El Malo, sold over 300,000 copies, and Colón later became one of the best-selling salsa artists of ...

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

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.

(AP) - Willie Colón, the Grammy-nominated architect of urban salsa music and social activist, died Saturday. He was 75.

Willie Colón, the legendary salsa musician, trombonist, and composer, passed away on February 21, 2026, at age 75 in a New York hospital.

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 ...

Marc Anthony, who portrayed Hector Lavoe, a regular collaborator of Colon’s, in the biopic El Cantanet (2006), also shared a ...

Iconic salsa musician and activist Willie Colón has died, his family announced in a Facebook post. He was 75.

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