sentences:  In a military band, he later learned to play the trombone, tuba, trumpet, saxophone and clarinet.Bermúdez dedicated himself to learning the rhythms of Colombian Caribbean music, and adapting them to suit an orchestra; in the town of María La Baja he discovered how cumbia was organized by the black community.Seeing a girl called María Isabel dancing with barefoot on the sand, he had the inspiration for his first hit, "Prende la Vela".