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Yet aside from the fact that he'd turned himself into an excellent and very individual singer, the recordings he made just before his political ambitions took over are by any measure outstanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmithsonian Books: \"Willie Colón is one of the essential gods of Salsa mythology, perhaps the most essential of the entire pantheon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllAboutJazz. com: \"Colón was to the history of Latin music what Don Drummond was to Jamaican ska and J.J. 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Digitally remastered edition. Figurehead of the salsa movement, he introduced an innovative way of multicultural influences in his compositions (Brazil, Africa) and tackles modern themes, from crime to politics. Fania Records was a New York based record label founded by Dominican-born composer and bandleader Johnny Pacheco and Italian-American lawyer Jerry Masucci in 1964. The label took it's name from an old Cuban song by the singer Reinaldo Bolaño. Fania is known for it's promotion of what has become known as Salsa music. The label started out as a small venture, but gained popularity after the success of it's first official record, Pacheco's \"Cañonazo\", leading to the expansion of it's talent base. 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