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Stan Getz, an Uncommon card
Stan Getz was an American jazz saxophonist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Stan Getz quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Stan Getz card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Getz ______ in bebop and cool jazz groups.
Answer
performed. Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. From the Stan Getz article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Coming to prominence in the late ____s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists".
Answer
1940s. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". From the Stan Getz 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.
- Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young.
- Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists".
- Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Stan Getz article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Stan Getz
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, Stan Getz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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