Best Original Jazz Composition

1965 • 7th Annual GRAMMY Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1963 and Aug 30, 1964

1965 Winner is Lalo Schifrin with "The Cat"

The Cat

Lalo Schifrin

Nominees 1965

Winners

Year Winner Nomination Actions
1967 Duke Ellington In The Beginning God All Nominees
1966 Lalo Schifrin Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts All Nominees
1965 Lalo Schifrin The Cat All Nominees
1964 Steve Allen, Ray Brown Gravy Waltz All Nominees
1963 Vince Guaraldi Cast Your Fate To The Wind All Nominees
1962 Galt MacDermott African Waltz All Nominees
1961 Miles Davis, Gil Evans Sketches Of Spain All Nominees

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