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

Year
Winner/s
Song
1967
Duke Ellington
"In the Beginning God"
1966
Lalo Schifrin
Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts performed by Paul Horn
1965
Lalo Schifrin
"The Cat"
1964
Steve Allen & Ray Brown
"Gravy Waltz" performed by Steve Allen
1963
Vince Guaraldi
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
1962
Galt MacDermot
"African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderly
1961
Gil Evans & Miles Davis
Sketches of Spain