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Bud Powell, an Uncommon card
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American jazz pianist and composer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 69,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Bud Powell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bud Powell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Upon joining trumpeter Cootie Williams's band in ____, he received attention from the broader musical community for his fluency and advanced technique.
Answer
1940s. Upon joining trumpeter Cootie Williams's band in 1943, he received attention from the broader musical community for his fluency and advanced technique. From the Bud Powell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance 96 · Music of the United States 88 · Hardwell 84 · Bud Powell 81 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.
- A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory, Powell's application of complex phrasing to the piano influenced both his contemporaries and later pianists including Walter Davis Jr., Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Barry Harris.
- Born in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance to a musical family, Powell, during the 1930s, developed an attacking, right-handed approach to the piano, which marked a break from the left-handed approach of stride and ragtime that had been prevalent.
- Upon joining trumpeter Cootie Williams's band in 1943, he received attention from the broader musical community for his fluency and advanced technique.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bud Powell article was read about 69,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Bud Powell
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bud Powell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown photographer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
