Willie Colon

USA

Born: 28 April 1950

Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Latin, Jazz, International

Styles: Latin America, Latin America, Tropical, New York Salsa, Salsa, World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz, Latin Soul, Boogaloo, Tropical, Latin Pop.

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Trombone player, composer, and bandleader Willie Colón is one of the pioneers of Latin American music. Despite initial criticism, Colón's album El Malo has become known as one of the first albums to feature the "New York Sound" that sparked a renewed interest in Latin music during the 1970s. Colón has been instrumental in the careers of such Latin musicians as Rubén Blades, who first sang with Colón's band in 1975, and Celia Cruz, for whom Colón has produced such albums as Only They Could Have Done This Album in 1977 and the highly succes...

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