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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For groups; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Mynta
| image               = Mynta Kista kyrka.jpg
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| caption             = Mynta playing at Kista Church in northern [[Stockholm]], November 2006
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| genre               = [[World fusion music]]
| years_active        = 1979- present<!-- {{Start date|YYYY}}–YYYY  -->
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| website             = [http://www.mynta.net Mynta website]
| current_members     = Christian Paulin, Fazal Qureshi, Max Ahman, Dallas Smith, Santiago Jimenez Borges, Sebastian Printz<ref name=hb/>
| past_members        =
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'''Mynta''' is an [[India|Indo]]-[[Sweden|Swedish]] fusion jazz band which uses [[India]]n vocal, African and Latin-American rhythms, Arabic sounds, Swedish Folkmusic and Cuban violin, together with Indian traditional instruments as tabla, kanjira, ghatam and tampura.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mynta - 'a fusion between Nordic Ice and Indian Spice' |url=http://www.efi-news.com/2011/08/mynta-fusion-between-nordic-ice-and.html |publisher=EF News International |date=Aug 17, 2011 |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502152836/http://www.efi-news.com/2011/08/mynta-fusion-between-nordic-ice-and.html |archive-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=nor>{{cite news |title=World Music band MYNTA's India tour |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=15070 |publisher=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |date=March 2, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The musical melting pot  |url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/25/stories/2005112500510200.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060905024218/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/25/stories/2005112500510200.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 5, 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]  |date=Nov 25, 2005 }}</ref>
It consists of Santiago Jimenez ([[violin]], [[Keyboardist|keyboard]]), Dallas Smith ([[flute|Indian flute]], [[soprano saxophone]], [[clarinet]]), Christian Paulin ([[electric bass guitar]]), Fazal Qureshi ([[tabla]], [[kanjira]]), Max Åhman ([[acoustic guitar]]) and Sebastian Printz ([[Drum kit|drums]]).<ref>{{cite news |first= Anjana |last=Rajan |title=Nordic ice and Indian spice |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/11/14/stories/2005111400140500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026075038/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/11/14/stories/2005111400140500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-26 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2005-11-14 |accessdate=2008-01-27}}</ref> Mynta is [[Swedish language|Swedish]] for [[mentha|mint]]. The band was originally formed in 1979.<ref>{{cite news |first=Andreas |last=Jakobsson |title=Från Mumbai till Järlåsa (From Mumbai to Järlåsa) |url=http://www2.unt.se/avd/1,1786,MC=5-AV_ID=592312,00.html |work=[[Upsala Nya Tidning]] |date=2007-03-07 |accessdate=2008-01-27 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809095248/http://www.unt.se/avd/1,1786,MC=5-AV_ID=592312,00.html |archivedate=2011-08-09 }}</ref>
==History==
The group was founded in 1979 as a jazz band by Christian Paulin (bass), 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'.<ref name=hb>{{cite news |title=Nice and spicy at thirty  |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/01/31/stories/2008013150340300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604121720/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/01/31/stories/2008013150340300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]]  |date=Jan 31, 2008 }}</ref><ref name=nor/>
==Members==
* Fazal Qureshi - tabla, kanjira
* Santiago Jimenez - violin
* Dallas Smith - flute, soprano, clarinet, bansuri
* Max Åhman - acoustic guitar
* Christian Paulin - electric bass
* Sebastian Printz - percussion <ref name=hb/>
*Nandkishor Muley-santur, vocal
*Shankar Mahadevan - vocal
==Discography==
* 1983: Havanna Club
* 1985: Short conversation
* 1988: Indian Time
* 1991: Hot Madras
* 1994: Is It Possible
* 1994: Nandu's Dance
* 1997: First Summer
* 1999: Mynta Live
* 2001: Cool Nights
* 2003: Teabreak
* 2006: Hot Days
* 2009: Meetings in India
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mynta.net Mynta website]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Mynta Mynta] at [[Last.fm]]
*''This article is based on a translation of the article [[:sv:Mynta (musikgrupp)|Mynta (musikgrupp)]] from the [[:sv:huvudsida|Swedish Wikipedia]].''
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