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The Player: A Man and his Music

Label: Fania
Released: 2007
Track listing: Fuego En El Barrio; The Hustler; El Malo; El Titan; Che-Che Col

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Willie Colon: The Player: A Man and his Music

Read "The Player: A Man and his Music" reviewed by Norman Weinstein


This two-disc overview of the work of the trombonist, vocalist, and composer Willie Colón presents a musically convincing case that Colón was to the history of Latin music what Don Drummond was to Jamaican ska and J.J. Johnson was to jazz. If the preceding suggests a holy trinity, note that all three had a fervor frequently ...


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