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.

Recipients

Year Winner(s) Title Nominees Ref.
1961 Miles Davis, Gil Evans Sketches of Spain
  • Bob Brookmeyer for Blues Suite
  • Dave Brubeck for Blue Rondo a la Turk
  • Duke Ellington for Idiom '59
  • Jimmy Giuffre for Western Suite
 [1]
1962 Galt MacDermot (composer), Cannonball Adderley (performer) "African Waltz"
  • André Previn for A Touch of Elegance
  • Dave Brubeck for Unsquare Dance
  • J.J. Johnson for Perceptions
  • Lalo Schifrin for Gillespiana
 [2]
1963 Vince Guaraldi (composer), Vince Guaraldi Trio (performer) "Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
[3]
1964 Steve Allen, Ray Brown (composer), Steve Allen (performer) "Gravy Waltz"
[4]
1965 Lalo Schifrin "The Cat"
[5]
1966 Lalo Schifrin (composer), Paul Horn (performer) Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts [6]
1967 Duke Ellington "In the Beginning God"
[7]


References

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards 1961". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Grammy Awards 1962". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards 1963". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Grammy Awards 1964". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "Grammy Awards 1965". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Grammy Awards 1966". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Grammy Awards 1967". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

Sources

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