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Wayne Shorter, an Uncommon card
Wayne Shorter was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures in the history of jazz.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Wayne Shorter quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wayne Shorter card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Shorter first rose to mainstream prominence in ____ after joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, where he quickly became the ensemble's primary composer and one of its defining creative voices.
Answer
1950s. Shorter first rose to mainstream prominence in 1959 after joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, where he quickly became the ensemble's primary composer and one of its defining creative voices. From the Wayne Shorter article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Grand Canal. Grand Canal 80 · Wayne Shorter 77 · Betsy Ross 71 · Atalanta 67 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.
- Over a career spanning more than six decades, he received 12 Grammy Awards and the Polar Music Prize, and was acclaimed worldwide for his originality, compositional depth, and transformative approach to musical improvisation.
- Shorter first rose to mainstream prominence in 1959 after joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, where he quickly became the ensemble's primary composer and one of its defining creative voices.
- In 1964, he joined Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, contributing compositions and performances that helped shape one of the most innovative and influential periods in jazz history.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wayne Shorter article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Wayne Shorter
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, Wayne Shorter (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chris Hakkens, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
