 Although the sextet had declined after 1986 , in 1990 they got together to record Zyryab , a groundbreaking Arabic flamenco / jazz album with jazz pianist Chick Corea and fellow virtuoso flamenco guitarist Manolo Sanlúcar . The album is named after Ziryab , an 8th – 9th century Shiraz @-@ born poet / musician at the Umayyad court in Córdoba , credited with introducing to Spain the Persian lute , which evolved into the Spanish guitar — and according to some , established flamenco itself . One track on the album , a tarantas , is dedicated to Sabicas . The album was critically well @-@ received ; Jazz Times praised the passion and rhythm of the musicians featuring on the album . 
