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Wynton Marsalis, a Rare card
Wynton Learson Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, music instructor, and the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 310,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Wynton Marsalis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wynton Marsalis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has been active in ______ classical and jazz music, often to young audiences.
Answer
promoting. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. From the Wynton Marsalis article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his ____ oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Answer
1990s. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his 1997 oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. From the Wynton Marsalis article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences.
- Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his 1997 oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
- Marsalis is the only musician to have won a Grammy Award in both jazz and classical categories in the same year.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wynton Marsalis article was read about 310,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Wynton Marsalis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Eric Delmar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.