Destiny “Lé Queen” Diggs

Destiny “Lé Queen” Diggs is a bassist, composer and bandleader born in Newark, NJ. She was mentored by Ron Carter, Buster Williams, Joe Sanders and Chris Berger.  Lé Queen completed her Masters Degree at the Herbie Hancock Institute in 2025. Aside from her studies, she has toured internationally, and performed at venues such as Birdland, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, WBGO, Jazz Forum and NJPAC. Diggs’ has played New York Fashion Week, the Central Jazz Festival, and Hartford Paul Brown Jazz Festival. At 24 she has begun to make her mark performing with: Dianne Reeves, Herbie Hancock, Jazzmeia Horn, Jon Batiste, Godwin Louis, Jon Faddis, amongst many others. Despite being an illustrious sideman, Lé Queen primarily leads her own band “LéQueentet”. 


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