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Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition

Music award category

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	Ref.	1961	1962	1963
Miles Davis, Gil Evans	Sketches of Spain	{{smalldiv	{{Cite web	url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1961-213.html	title=Grammy Awards 1961	accessdate=January 18, 2021}}
Galt MacDermot (composer), Cannonball Adderley (performer)	"African Waltz"	{{smalldiv	{{Cite web	url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1962-214.html	title=Grammy Awards 1962	accessdate=January 18, 2021}}
Vince Guaraldi (composer), Vince Guaraldi Trio (performer)	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"	{{smalldiv	{{Cite web	url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1963-215.html	title=Grammy Awards 1963	accessdate=January 18, 2021}}
Steve Allen, Ray Brown (composer), Steve Allen (performer)	"Gravy Waltz"	{{smalldiv	{{Cite web	url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1964-216.html	title=Grammy Awards 1964	accessdate=January 18, 2021}}
Lalo Schifrin	"The Cat"	{{smalldiv	{{Cite web	url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1965-217.html	title=Grammy Awards 1965	accessdate=January 18, 2021}}
Lalo Schifrin (composer), Paul Horn (performer)	Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts	{{smalldiv	{{Cite web	url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1966-241.html	title=Grammy Awards 1966	accessdate=January 18, 2021}}
Duke Ellington	"In the Beginning God"	{{smalldiv	{{Cite web	url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1967-242.html	title=Grammy Awards 1967	accessdate=January 18, 2021}}

References

Sources

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

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