ZYRYAB

Zyryab is a 1990 album by composer Paco de Lucía, performed with his sextet. It features jazz pianist Chick Corea and guitarist Manolo Sanlúcar. The album is named after Ziryab, a 9th century, Baghdad-born poet/musician at the Umayyad court in Córdoba, credited with introducing to Spain the Persian lute, later to become the Spanish guitar.
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A Persian poet and musician who made Cordoba the center of learning in Moorish held Spain. He is also credited with adding a fifth string o the guitar.