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Paul Bley, an Uncommon card
Paul Bley, CM was a Canadian jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ARP synthesizers.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Paul Bley quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paul Bley card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His music has been described by Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as "deeply original and aesthetically ______".
Answer
aggressive. His music has been described by Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as "deeply original and aesthetically aggressive". From the Paul Bley article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jan Kodeš. Jan Kodeš 71 · Paul Bley 64 · Colored pencil 59 · Gerrit Rietveld 55 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.
- His music has been described by Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as "deeply original and aesthetically aggressive".
- Bley's prolific output includes influential recordings from the 1950s through to his solo piano recordings of the 2000s.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paul Bley article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Paul Bley
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, Paul Bley (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
