Willie Colón (New York, 1950) was one of the key figures in the successful salsa wave of the seventies and eighties. Initially, the trombonist worked mainly with singer Hector Lavoe. He was one of the driving forces behind the Fania All-Stars. The Colón salsa was heavily influenced by the Cuban dance music. He himself is of Puerto Rican descent. In the eighties and nineties he worked primarily
… with Ruben Blades. Colón is an icon and voice within the Puerto Rican community in New York.more