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Biographical notes
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Biographical notes:
Born in New York City's El Barrio into a Puerto Rican musical family, Colon was a versatile musician, learning guitar, saxophone, piano and bass while in his teens. He discovered Latin Jazz in part through musician Cal Tjader, and became a well recognized pianist, composer and arranger. He directed the East Harlem Music School and strongly supported musical education of youth in El Barrio. As pianist and musician George Haskins observes, Johnny Colon was at the forefront of the
"Boogaloo" movement. His work, "Boogaloo Blues", for example, set
the tone for this era and survives today as the anthem for this period
in Latino music history.
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