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Mynta: Meetings in India

Read "Meetings in India" reviewed by Chris Mosey


Mynta was founded in 1979 by Swedish bass guitarist Christian Paulin as a jazz fusion band. Nowadays, the band bills itself as “Nordic ice and Indian spice" and claims to play Indo-jazz fusion. It's difficult to discern any jazz though, as this seems rather a bizarre mix of mainly folk influences from all manner of musical traditions. Meetings in India features, among other delights, the historic meeting of India's Fazal Qureshi's “mouth percussion" and vocalist Kerstin Sonnback's ...

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Mynta: Mynta - Hot Days

Read "Mynta - Hot Days" reviewed by Bhasker Gupta


Hot Days, a compilation of fifteen of Mynta's best studio works, spans 25 years and five albums. Though not a “best of" set, it surely is a definitive collection for those not yet initiated into the unique mix of African and Latin-American rhythms, Arabic sounds and Scandinavian folk tradition that Mynta offers.Few world music ensembles combine the suppleness of Indian Classical with the vigor of Swedish jazz in a more subtle way than Mynta, whose music is fresh, ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Meetings in India

Prophone Records
2009

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Mynta - Hot Days

Free Spirit
2006

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First Summer

Unknown label
1998

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Nandu's Dance

Xource Records
1994

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Is It Possible 79-94

Unknown label
1994

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