Sven Bjerstedt is a jazz pianist, PhD and Reader (Docent) in Music Education Research, Editor of the Swedish Journal of Music Research, and Senior Lecturer in Music at Malmö Theatre Academy, Lund University.

A beautifully conceptualized, composed and articulated book, Sven Bjerstedt explores the story-telling qualities of Jazz performances and the musicality of theater. Based on in-depth, meticulous interviews with leading figures in both jazz improvisation and theater, interwoven with rich and informed scholarship, this manuscript is a compelling read.Liora Bresler, Ph.D. College of Education, and College of Fine and Applied Arts,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor Emerita

• Part I. Intermedial Metaphor in the ArtsChapter 1. Metaphoricity in Arts DiscoursePart II. Musical StorytellingChapter 2. Storytelling in Jazz: A Conceptual ChallengeChapter 3. A History of Jazz WritingsChapter 4. Interviews with Jazz ImprovisersChapter 5. Storytelling in Jazz Improvisation: ConclusionsPart III. Theatrical MusicalityChapter 6. Musicality in Spoken Theatre: A Conceptual ChallengeChapter 7. A History of Theatre WritingsChapter 8. Interviews with ActorsChapter 9. Musicality in Spoken Theatre: ConclusionsPart IV. Through the MirrorChapter 10. Intermedial Conceptual Loans

Sven Bjerstedt is a jazz pianist, PhD and Reader (Docent) in Music Education Research, Editor of the Swedish Journal of Music Research, and Senior Lecturer in Music at Malmö Theatre Academy, Lund University.

A beautifully conceptualized, composed and articulated book, Sven Bjerstedt explores the story-telling qualities of Jazz performances and the musicality of theater. Based on in-depth, meticulous interviews with leading figures in both jazz improvisation and theater, interwoven with rich and informed scholarship, this manuscript is a compelling read.Liora Bresler, Ph.D. College of Education, and College of Fine and Applied Arts,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor Emerita

• Part I. Intermedial Metaphor in the ArtsChapter 1. Metaphoricity in Arts DiscoursePart II. Musical StorytellingChapter 2. Storytelling in Jazz: A Conceptual ChallengeChapter 3. A History of Jazz WritingsChapter 4. Interviews with Jazz ImprovisersChapter 5. Storytelling in Jazz Improvisation: ConclusionsPart III. Theatrical MusicalityChapter 6. Musicality in Spoken Theatre: A Conceptual ChallengeChapter 7. A History of Theatre WritingsChapter 8. Interviews with ActorsChapter 9. Musicality in Spoken Theatre: ConclusionsPart IV. Through the MirrorChapter 10. Intermedial Conceptual Loans

Sven Bjerstedt is a jazz pianist, PhD and Reader (Docent) in Music Education Research, Editor of the Swedish Journal of Music Research, and Senior Lecturer in Music at Malmö Theatre Academy, Lund University.

A beautifully conceptualized, composed and articulated book, Sven Bjerstedt explores the story-telling qualities of Jazz performances and the musicality of theater. Based on in-depth, meticulous interviews with leading figures in both jazz improvisation and theater, interwoven with rich and informed scholarship, this manuscript is a compelling read.Liora Bresler, Ph.D. College of Education, and College of Fine and Applied Arts,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor Emerita

• Part I. Intermedial Metaphor in the ArtsChapter 1. Metaphoricity in Arts DiscoursePart II. Musical StorytellingChapter 2. Storytelling in Jazz: A Conceptual ChallengeChapter 3. A History of Jazz WritingsChapter 4. Interviews with Jazz ImprovisersChapter 5. Storytelling in Jazz Improvisation: ConclusionsPart III. Theatrical MusicalityChapter 6. Musicality in Spoken Theatre: A Conceptual ChallengeChapter 7. A History of Theatre WritingsChapter 8. Interviews with ActorsChapter 9. Musicality in Spoken Theatre: ConclusionsPart IV. Through the MirrorChapter 10. Intermedial Conceptual Loans