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Anthony Braxton, an Uncommon card
Anthony Braxton is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto sax.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 36,000
Power 163 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Anthony Braxton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Anthony Braxton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Braxton is a prolific composer with a vast body of cross-genre work, a ______ Fellow, and a NEA Jazz Master.
Answer
MacArthur. Braxton is a prolific composer with a vast body of cross-genre work, a MacArthur Fellow, and a NEA Jazz Master. From the Anthony Braxton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He received great acclaim for his ____ double-LP record For Alto, the first full-length album of solo saxophone music.
Answer
1960s. He received great acclaim for his 1969 double-LP record For Alto, the first full-length album of solo saxophone music. From the Anthony Braxton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 Minnesota House of Representatives election. 2026 Minnesota House of Representatives election 92 · Protest song 87 · Anton Bruckner 80 · Anthony Braxton 75 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He grew up on the South Side of Chicago and was a key early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.
- He received great acclaim for his 1969 double-LP record For Alto, the first full-length album of solo saxophone music.
- Braxton is a prolific composer with a vast body of cross-genre work, a MacArthur Fellow, and a NEA Jazz Master.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Anthony Braxton article was read about 36,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Anthony Braxton
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Anthony Braxton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Nomo assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
