Fania Salsa (2 Hard Songs) – Willie Colon

By on February 6, 2012 in Colon Flow Video

1 – Tinguilikitin 2 – Si La Ves (Instrumental, 2009 Released) William Anthony Colón (born 28 April 1950) is a Nuyorican salsa musician. Primarily a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is also involved in municipal politics in New York City. Willie Colón was born in the South Bronx, New York, to Nuyorican parents. He picked up the trumpet from a young age, and later switched to trombone, inspired by the all-trombone sound of Mon Rivera and Barry Rogers. He spent some summers at his maternal grandmother’s sisters’s (La finca de Celín y Ramón farm in in the outskirts of Manatí, Puerto Rico on the road to neighboring Ciales, Puerto Rico.[1] He was signed to Fania Records at 15 and recorded his first album at age 17, which ultimately sold more than 300000 copies. Due to fortuitous events, the main record producer at Fania at the time, Johnny Pacheco, recommended Héctor Lavoe to him.[2] Mr. Colón has been a civil rights, community and political activist since the age of 16. He has served as a member of the Latino Commission on AIDS [3] and the United Nations Immigrant Foundation, President of the Arthur Schomburg Coalition for a Better New York, member of the Board of Directors of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.[4] In 1995, Mr. Colon became the first minority to serve on the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) national board and is now a member of the ASCAP FOUNDATION.[5][6] Beyond the trombone, he has also worked …

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13 Responses to Fania Salsa (2 Hard Songs) – Willie Colon

  1. tydsq04 November 2, 2011 at 2:54 am #

    Mon Rivera y Harvey Averne Barrio Band, esta orquesta fue formada por Willie Colon

  2. luckylouie522 November 2, 2011 at 2:11 am #

    ESO ES LA PLENA VERDAD!!!

  3. 57luvmusic November 2, 2011 at 1:52 am #

    recuerdos de mi joventud ,great plena music luv mon rivera

  4. LLJtbone November 2, 2011 at 12:55 am #

    Yeah they’re saying my name Campana!!

  5. LLJtbone November 2, 2011 at 12:36 am #

    @LLJtbone Yeah.. forgot to say… hot trombone playing :-)

  6. hekboogie1 November 2, 2011 at 12:02 am #

    pleeeennnaa!!!!

  7. tromboista November 1, 2011 at 11:11 pm #

    Raal trombone playing. Not all these videos of guys doing slurs with a toilet plunger for 20 minutes. Play something!

  8. afterray November 1, 2011 at 10:15 pm #

    wow! this puerto rican (willie colon (trombonist)) and their (puerto rican) culture (SALSA music) rocks…

  9. Plum56Chevy November 1, 2011 at 9:19 pm #

    La Musica de Boricua’s!

  10. upthetree42 November 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    Willie Colon is my hero!! i want to be as good if not better than him!!

  11. hellboy0278 November 1, 2011 at 8:06 pm #

    de lujo que pongan este tipo de musica, excelente aportaciòn.

  12. chinorm November 1, 2011 at 7:29 pm #

    As Dancers please Help Promote el Salsero Giro Lopez,
    For booking contact
    Chino Rodriguez at ChinoLMB@Gmail.com – see Giro Lopez – youtube videos –
    ask for his music on the Radio request lines and also at your local
    nite clubs.

  13. kabenitezguy November 1, 2011 at 7:21 pm #

    @upthetree42 Being better than a god? That’s going to take some commitment there, bud.

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