Music by William Parker
Ink Drawings by Lois Eby
Poems by David Budbill
A special, unique, and lovely offering from these three artists in a strictly limited run private press edition. // Packaged in standard DVD case & wrap with 4-panel textured card-stock insert. // Originally created & offered in 2013, and being made available again on April 5, 2024 on Bandcamp. // These original print/press editions are among the very last of this work ( now under 20 copies remain ).
// Included with purchase is exclusive BC streaming/download of the full original score by William Parker. //
An original score composed by William Parker for string quartet & alto saxophone, created to accompany a moving series (and montage) of ink & wash drawings by Lois Eby, punctuated with five poems written and read by David Budbill. Inspired by, and drawn from, the landscape and people of Vermont (where Eby and Budbill both long resided); ultimately, as the title states, this work is a meditation on being native, to a state, town, city, country, or other delineation of physical space.
Music composed by William Parker
& performed by:
Jason Kao Hwang: violin
Jean Cook: violin
Nicole Federici: viola
Alexander Waterman: cello
Daniel Carter: alto saxophone
Lois Eby was born in Tulsa, OK. She lives and paints in Northern Vermont. Her work is in the Vermont State Art Collection, the SUNY Adirondack Art Collection and many private collections around the country. Her artwork graces the covers of the William Parker AUM Fidelity albums, Sound Unity and Mayor Of Punkville, as well as the Wood Flute Songs box set. Learn more about her and her work at www.loiseby.com.
David Budbill was born in Cleveland, Ohio and passed in Wolcott, Vermont in 2016. He was a poet, playwright, husband and father. He wrote liner notes for the William Parker albums, O'Neal's Porch and Essence of Ellington/Live in Milano. Learn more about him and his work at www.davidbudbill.com.
DVD Editing & Montage by Danny Weiss
Professionally duplicated in a strictly limited pressing DVD-R
Packaged in standard DVD case with sleeve and 4-panel insert
Includes unlimited streaming of
On Being Native
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Ltd. Edition LP on Black Vinyl
William Parker / Cooper-Moore / Hamid Drake
$25 USD
Cereal Music –
Ltd. Edition LP on Black Vinyl
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Ltd. Edition CD, in deluxe 6-panel digipak
William Parker / Cooper-Moore / Hamid Drake
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Cereal Music –
Ltd. Edition CD, in deluxe 6-panel digipak
William Parker & Ellen Christi
$14 USD
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William Parker Organ Quartet
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$30 USD
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Ltd. Edition 2CD, in slimline brilliant box
David Budbill & William Parker
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$50 USD
William Parker – Mayor Of Punkville
$11 USD
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Ltd. Edition 2CD, in deluxe 8-panel digipak
William Parker Quartets
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Voices In The First Person [Art and Language of Lois Eby, Anne Humanfeld, Jo Wood-Brown, and Marilyn Sontag]
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$24 USD
Mayan Space Station – Ltd. Edition CD, in deluxe 4-panel digipak
$14 USD
Painters Winter – Ltd. Edition CD, in deluxe 4-panel digipak
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Ltd. Edition 2CD, in deluxe 8-panel digipak
William Parker / In Order To Survive
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Hope Cries For Justice –
Ltd. Edition CD, in gatefold wallet sleeve
Patricia Nicholson & William Parker
$10 USD
Bass Duo –
Ltd. Edition CD, in deluxe 6-panel digipak
William Parker & Stefano Scodanibbio
$14 USD
Stan's Hat Flapping In The Wind –
Ltd. Edition CD, in deluxe 6-panel digipak
William Parker feat. Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore
$14 USD
What I Saw This Morning –
Ltd. Edition CD in 6-panel digipak
William Parker & David Budbill
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Great Spirit –
Ltd. Edition CD
William Parker / Raining On The Moon
$12 USD
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$25 USD
Petit Oiseau –
Ltd. Edition Compact Disc
William Parker Quartet
$14 USD
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Ltd Edition CD, in jewelcase w/ 20pg. booklet
William Parker / Raining On The Moon
$14 USD
Long Hidden: The Olmec Series – Ltd. Edition CD, in deluxe digipak & w/ bonus track
$15 USD
Sound Unity –
Ltd. Edition CD
William Parker Quartet
$14 USD
O'Neal's Porch –
Ltd. Edition CD, in deluxe digipak
William Parker Quartet
$14 USD
Song Cycle –
Ltd. Edition CD
William Parker w/ Ellen Christi, Lisa Sokolov, Yuko Fujiyama
$14 USD
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