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Willie Colón
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Willie Colón

American musician
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William Anthony Colón Román
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April 28, 1950, Bronx, New York, U.S. (age 74)
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Willie Colón (born April 28, 1950, Bronx, New York, U.S.) is an American trombonist, composer, bandleader, and activist who helped to popularize salsa music in the United States in the 1970s. Born into a Puerto Rican household and raised in a predominantly Puerto Rican neighbourhood of the Bronx, Colón was immersed in the arts and culture—and the hardships—of urban Hispanic America throughout his childhood and youth. This environment was a powerful force in shaping his career, both as a musician and as an advocate for various Hispanic causes. His formal music education began when his grandmother gave him a trumpet ...(100 of 416 words)

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