Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition

The Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition , in German " Grammy Award for the Best Original Jazz Composition ", was a music prize that was awarded from 1961 to 1967 by the American Recording Academy in the field of jazz music .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition. The prize was awarded to the composer of the piece of music from 1961 to 1967 and was called the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration in the first year .

year	winner	nationality	composition	Artist	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1961	Gil Evans and Miles Davis	Canada  United States	Sketches of Spain	Miles Davis
1962	Was it MacDermot	Canada	African Waltz	Cannonball Adderley
1963	Vince Guaraldi	United States	Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Vince Guaraldi Trio
1964	Steve Allen and Ray Brown	United States	Gravy Waltz	Steve Allen
1965	Lalo Schifrin	Argentina	The Cat
1966	Lalo Schifrin	Argentina	Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts	Paul Horn
1967	Duke Ellington	United States	In the Beginning God

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Winners Best Original Jazz Composition. Accessed March 31, 2019 .