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Mal Waldron, an Uncommon card
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Mal Waldron quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mal Waldron card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after ______ from college.
Answer
graduating. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. From the Mal Waldron article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late ____s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane.
Answer
1950s. During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late 1950s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane. From the Mal Waldron article on Wikipedia.
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 started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college.
- In the following dozen years or so Waldron led his own bands and played for those led by Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy, among others.
- During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late 1950s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mal Waldron article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Mal Waldron
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mal Waldron (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Brianmcmillen at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
