Debbie Burke (Jazz) Books in Order

Through interviews with musicians including Phil Woods, David Liebman, and Bob Dorough, Debbie Burke explores the jazz culture of Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. Their experiences reveal a regional community whose performers and creative relationships reach far beyond its borders.

Divorced paralegal Ellie Greenberg joins a local college jazz scene and falls for married trumpet player Vincent Keyes. With lawyer Stan Feldman also pursuing her, she must decide between competing relationships or a more fundamental change in her life.

This thirty-day devotional brings together scripture and musical reflection, exploring the relationship between faith, praise, and sound. Readings drawn from the Old and New Testaments invite contemplation of the place music holds in spiritual life.

Debbie Burke profiles jazz artists from around the world, with particular attention to independent musicians across instruments and styles. Their perspectives appear alongside established performers, offering a view of the people sustaining and reshaping the music.

Jazz bassist Bo Sonski-Abbott investigates whether a Broadway producer stole a song written by his enslaved ancestor. His search for the truth takes him beyond New York, while an attraction to a younger woman threatens his marriage and career.

Debbie Burke explores klezmer, tracing music rooted in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe into its worldwide life today. The book considers its emotional range and cultural connections through an author’s engagement with the music of her ancestors.