Born in London, of nigerian/ german descent, Emanuel Stanley moved to southern Germany at a younger age. Because of intense sports activities he picked up the bass not before at the age of 20. After studying sports and music he started as a music pro at the age of 26.

He played, recorded and toured with various artists, playing Jazz, Soul, Funk, Blues, Pop and World Music. Among those are Chris Farlowe, Sugar Blue, Marleena Shaw, Cologne Big Band, Jack Radics, Des’ree, Manu Dibango, Dunyabele, Cem Karaca, Kamal Ben Hicham, Big Jay McNeely, Andru Donalds, Boyzone, Julio Iglesias, and many others.

Developing his own ideas lead into two projects, instrumental with the „NOMADS“ and vocal with the „LITTLE PLANET BAND“.

EMANUEL STANLEY & NOMADS is a unique mix of Groove-, World- and Jazzmusic – it’s all about the bassplayers desire – THE GROOVE!