Michael Veal

Michael E. Veal is a musician, a professor of music, and the author of two books. Veal has played as a guest saxophonist with Fela and his band, Egypt 80. He has also written and performed his own music. In 2005, Veal released the album The Afro-Kirlian Eclipse, which featured him along with a fifteen-piece band called Aqua Life. Several of Veal's own compositions are included on the recording, along with his arrangements of works by jazz masters such as John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter.