Hairstyle File: Esperanza Spalding

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At an early photo session, a baby-faced Spalding sported shoulder-length natural ringlets.

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At the Newport Jazz Festival, Spalding tied her ’fro back from her face with striped scarf.

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At the Playboy Jazz Festival, Spalding pinned up the top half of her coils and let some tendrils escape.

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Spalding performed with a fluffy, supersized afro at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

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Esperanza rocked a gold fringed headband at the Jazz A Vienne Festival in France.

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At the BET Awards, all eyes were on Spalding’s perfectly formed ’fro and feathered hair accessesory.

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At the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, Spalding swept her ’fro into a pouffy bun and tied on a vividly printed scarf.

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Onstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, Spalding rocked freshly shampooed, wash-and-go coils.

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During a performance at Barcelona’s Festival del Mil.lenni, Spalding swooped a front layer across her forehead and pinned it in the back. Such a cute coif!

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Esperanza tucked her ’fro into a beret at the 2011 Grammy rehearsals. Such a cute antidote on do-I-really-have-to-do-my-hair days!

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At the 2011 Grammy’s, Esperanza picked out her soft coils, resulting in a gorgeously lush afro.

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To accept her Grammy award, Spalding changed into a pea green gown and pinned the back of her hair into a chignon, leaving the front out.

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We secretly envied Spalding’s lush halo of coily hair, which she proudly flaunted at the Academy Awards.

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With the release of her latest album Radio Music Society, Spalding attended an album signing sporting defined, wash-and-go ringlets.