Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition
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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.
1960s
- Grammy Awards of 1967
- Duke Ellington for "In the Beginning God"
- Grammy Awards of 1966
- Lalo Schifrin for Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts performed by Paul Horn
- Grammy Awards of 1965
- Lalo Schifrin for "The Cat"
- Grammy Awards of 1964
- Steve Allen & Ray Brown for "Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
- Grammy Awards of 1963
- Vince Guaraldi for "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Grammy Awards of 1962
- Galt MacDermot for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley
- Grammy Awards of 1961
Sources
- Grammy Awards – Past Winners Search As noted in this article: search years are offset by one year.
