Hecho En Puerto Rico is Willie Colón's 1993 Sony Latin studio album, a triumphant return to the trombone-driven salsa roots that made him one of the most important figures in Latin music history. Recorded at Today's Music Studio in San Juan, the album finds Colón at peak form: his signature jazz-inflected trombone work front and center, arrangements by Isidro Infante and Marty Sheller adding sophistication without sacrificing groove, and vocals that only deepened with time. Tracks like "Aguijón," "Desde Hoy," and "Idilio" showcase the warmly rhythmic New York Salsa style he helped pioneer, the sound that, alongside Eddie Palmieri, redefined Latin music for generations.
Colón built his legacy at Fania Records in the late 1960s, where he broke convention by featuring trombones as lead instruments and weaving jazz harmonies into Afro-Cuban rhythms. Hecho En Puerto Rico carries that DNA forward into the '90s major-label era without compromise. For collectors of Latin jazz, salsa, and vinyl, this is one of the definitive late-career Colón titles, scarce in uncirculated condition.
This preserved copy is a single black LP pressing on the Sony U.S. Latin label.
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Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
