Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition
The Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition was awarded from 1961 to 1967. In 1961 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration. The award was presented to the composer of the music.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
| Year | Composition | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Sketches of Spain | Gil Evans & Miles Davis | |
| 1962 | "African Waltz" | Galt MacDermot | Cannonball Adderley |
| 1963 | "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" | Vince Guaraldi | Vince Guaraldi Trio |
| 1964 | "Gravy Waltz" | Steve Allen & Ray Brown | Steve Allen |
| 1965 | "The Cat" | Lalo Schifrin | |
| 1966 | Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts | Lalo Schifrin | Paul Horn |
| 1967 | "In the Beginning God" | Duke Ellington |
Sources
- Grammy Awards – Past Winners Search As noted in this article: search years are offset by one year.