Zyryab is a 1990 album by composer Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez , is a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist and composer. He is considered by many to be one of the finest guitarists in the world and the greatest guitarist of the flamenco genre...

, performed with his sextet. It features jazz pianist Chick Corea

Chick Corea

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...

 and guitarist Manolo Sanlúcar

Manolo Sanlúcar

Manolo Sanlúcar is a flamenco composer and guitarist born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in 1945. He is considered one of the most important Spanish composers of present times, and together with Paco de Lucía, Serranito, and Vicente Amigo, one of the main figures in the evolution of the flamenco...

. The album is named after Ziryab

Ziryab

Abu l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi‘ , nicknamed Ziryab , was a Black African or Persian or Kurdish polymath: a poet, musician, singer, chemist, cosmetologist, fashion designer, trendsetter, strategist, astronomer, botanist and...

, a 9th century, Shiraz

Shiraz

Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...

-born poet/musician at the Umayyad

Umayyad

The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four major Arab caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. It was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty, whose name derives from Umayya ibn Abd Shams, the great-grandfather of the first Umayyad caliph. Although the Umayyad family originally came from the...

 court in Córdoba

Córdoba, Spain

-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...

, credited with introducing to Spain the Persian lute, later to become the Spanish guitar.

Track listing

All songs written by Paco de Lucía, except where noted.

1. "Soniquete" – 7:35
2. "Tío Sabas" – 5:04
3. "Chick" – 3:46
4. "Compadres" (Paco de Lucía & Manolo Sanlúcar) – 5:15
5. "Zyryab" – 6:15
6. "Canción de Amor" – 4:20
7. "Playa del Carmen" – 4:28
8. "Almonte" (Paco de Lucía & Chick Corea) – 5:32

Musicians

• Paco de Lucia - Guitar
• Chick Corea
  Chick Corea
  Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
  
   - Piano
• Potito - Vocal
• Manolo Sanlucar
  Manolo Sanlúcar
  Manolo Sanlúcar is a flamenco composer and guitarist born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in 1945. He is considered one of the most important Spanish composers of present times, and together with Paco de Lucía, Serranito, and Vicente Amigo, one of the main figures in the evolution of the flamenco...
  
   - Guitar
• Rubem Dantas - Percussion, cajon
  Cajón
  A cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front face with the hands.-Origins and evolution:...
  
  
• Carles Benavent
  Carles Benavent
  Carles Benavent is a flamenco and jazz bassist. Benavent has played alongside Paco de Lucía, Chick Corea and Miles Davis. He developed a new style of bass that has been integrated into flamenco music...
  
   - Mandola
• Jorge Pardo - Flute