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Willie Colon died last month. He was 75.

And I guess the short way to describe his legacy is this.

If you, a person listening to National Public Radio in 2026,

happen to enjoy salsa music, or if you even know what salsa music is, basically,

you can thank Willie Colon. Cologne was a trombonist, a producer, a bandleader, and a composer.

When he was growing up in the South Bronx, his family and his neighbors would jam in the summers.

Colon's neighbors were Panamanian, Cuban, African American. When white folks called the cops, a few instruments might

get denin, but everybody would just come back the next day. In 1967, Cologne put out his first album.

He was still a teenager, but he helped take the Latin soul sound of Bougaloo into the salsa age.

Over a career that spanned nearly 60 years, he cut over 40 records and produced many more

for superstars like Celia Cruz, Rubin Blades, and Hector LeVoe, selling over 30 million copies worldwide.

I was lucky enough to get to speak with Cologne back in 2014.

Here's the bit of the track that got him his first record deal. He was 17 years old. It's called

Jazz.

Music. Willie Colon is one of Pan American music's greatest legends.

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