The Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition was handed out from 1961 to 1967. It was awarded to the composer of the music. In 1961 the title of the award was known as Grammy Award for Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration.
Winners: Grammys Best Original Jazz Composition
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Year
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Winner/s
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Song
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1967
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Duke Ellington
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"In the Beginning God"
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1966
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Lalo Schifrin
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Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts performed by Paul Horn
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1965
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Lalo Schifrin
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"The Cat"
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1964
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Steve Allen & Ray Brown
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"Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
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1963
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Vince Guaraldi
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"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
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1962
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Galt MacDermot
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"African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly
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1961
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Gil Evans & Miles Davis
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Sketches of Spain
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