Complex sentence: Bandleader and co-founder Jairo Varela Martínez was born on December 9,1949 in Quibdó, Colombia, to merchant Antonio Varela Pedro Restrepo and writer and poet Teresa de Jesús Martínez Arce, who is remembered as a woman of great strength that gave his life character.
Split into simpler sentences: Bandleader and co-founder Jairo Varela Martínez was born on December 9,1949 in Quibdó, Colombia. He is son of merchant Antonio Varela Pedro Restrepo and writer and poet Teresa de Jesús Martínez Arce, who is remembered as a woman of great strength that gave his life character.