title: Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition
text: # 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | 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 |
  | 1963 | Vince Guaraldi (composer), Vince Guaraldi Trio (performer) | "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" | Paul Desmond for Desmond Blue Eddie Sauter for Focus Quincy Jones for Quintessence Henry Mancini for Sounds of Hatari! Charles Mingus for Tijuana Moods Lalo Schifrin for Tunisian Fantasy |
  | 1964 | Steve Allen, Ray Brown (composer), Steve Allen (performer) | "Gravy Waltz" | Charles Mingus for The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Kenyon Hopkins for East Side-West Side Dick Grove, Pete Jolly, Tommy Wolf for Little Bird Newton Mendonco, Antonio Carlos Jobim for Meditation Paul Desmond for Take Ten |
  | 1965 | Lalo Schifrin | "The Cat" | Bob Florence for Here and Now Duke Ellington for Night Creature Gerald Wilson for Paco Quincy Jones for The Witching Hour Dave Brubeck for Theme from Mr. Broadway |
  | 1966 | Lalo Schifrin (composer), Paul Horn (performer) | Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts | John Coltrane for A Love Supreme Wes Montgomery for Bumpin' Oscar Peterson for Canadiana Suite Eddie Sauter for Mickey One Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn for Virgin Islands Suite |
  | 1967 | Duke Ellington | "In the Beginning God" | Claus Ogerman for Jazz Samba Lalo Schifrin for Marquis de Sade Bill Evans for Time Remembered Bob Brookmeyer for ABC Blues John Handy for If Only We Knew |
  