The Bronx, NY-born musician was best known as a trombonist but was also a bandleader and producer who blended Puerto Rican music with jazz.

El trombonista y compositor cosechó grandes éxitos con Héctor Lavoe y Rubén Blades

Music superstar Willie Colón, who helped define the salsa genre in the 1970s and '80s, died on Saturday, Feb. 21, his family confirmed on Facebook.