Michi Sarmiento
Colombian saxophonist and bandleader (1938–2021)
Blas Sarmiento Marimón (1938–2021), known as Michi Sarmiento, was a Colombian saxophonist, singer, songwriter, bandleader, and arranger. His band Michi y su Combo Bravo released nine LPs on Discos Fuentes in the 1960s and 70s, and are considered pioneers of salsa in Colombia.
Biography
Blas Sarmiento Marimón was born on 1 November 1938 in Labarcés, San Onofre, in the Colombian department of Sucre. His father Clímaco Sarmiento, grandfather Pedro Sarmiento, and great-grandfather Manuel Sarmiento were all musicians. His mother Clara Marimón was a bullerengue singer, as was her mother, and his maternal uncles were drummers. Sarmiento's aunt nicknamed him Michi as a baby, because of a perceived resemblance to a piglet of the same name.
Sarmiento grew up in Soplaviento, in the Colombian department of Bolívar. At the age of 14 he started attending the Instituto Musical de Cartagena, attached to the Bolívar School of Fine Arts, where he was taught by Adolfo Mejía Navarro. He learned piano, saxophone, clarinet, drums, and singing.
In the mid-1960s, Sarmiento moved to Cartagena.
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