Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition

Template:Short description 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.

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Nominees	Ref.
1961	Miles Davis, Gil Evans	Sketches of Spain	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1962	Galt MacDermot (composer), Cannonball Adderley (performer)	"African Waltz"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1963	Vince Guaraldi (composer), Vince Guaraldi Trio (performer)	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1964	Steve Allen, Ray Brown (composer), Steve Allen (performer)	"Gravy Waltz"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1965	Lalo Schifrin	"The Cat"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1966	Lalo Schifrin (composer), Paul Horn (performer)	Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1967	Duke Ellington	"In the Beginning God"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sources

• Grammy Awards – Past Winners SearchTemplate:SpacesAs noted in this article: search years are offset by one year.