Cu-Bop
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cu-Bop
| type = Studio
| artist = Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers with Sabu
| cover = Cu-Bop.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1957
| recorded = May 13, 1957
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:22
| label = Jubilee
JG 1049
| producer = Lee Kraft
| chronology = Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
| prev_title = Tough!
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
| next_year = 1957
}}
Cu-Bop is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers with conguero Sabu recorded in 1957 and originally released on the Jubilee label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/#jubilee-jlp-1049 Art Blakey discography] accessed June 25, 2013[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology] accessed June 25, 2013
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Disc
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Reviews |last=Hall |first=Tony |author-link=Tony Hall (music executive) |magazine=Disc |date=15 November 1958 |issue=41 |page=6}}
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/cu-bop-mw0000870319 Allmusic listing], accessed June 25, 2013
Track listing
- "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 6:10
- "Sakeena" (Art Blakey) - 11:55
- "Shorty" (Johnny Griffin) - 4:32
- "Dawn on the Desert" (Charlie Shavers) - 12:45