Mynta


Mynta is an Indo-Swedish fusion jazz band which uses Indian vocal, African and Latin-American rhythms, Arabic sounds, Swedish Folkmusic and Cuban violin, together with Indian traditional instruments as tabla, kanjira, ghatam and tampura.
It consists of Santiago Jimenez, Dallas Smith, Christian Paulin, Fazal Qureshi, Max Åhman and Sebastian Printz. Mynta is Swedish for mint. The band was originally formed in 1979.

History

The group was founded in 1979 as a jazz band by Christian Paulin, and Mynta moved into a jazz-rock & funk band in the early ‘80s. After performing to rave reviews at Jazz Festivals worldwide, they toured India in '87 where they teamed up with Fazal Qureshi and Shankar Mahadevan, to arrive upon their present sound, a new genre they call 'Nordic Ice with Indian Spice'.

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