Best Original Jazz Composition
4th Annual Grammy Awards • 1962
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1960 and Aug 30, 1961
Cannonball Adderly won the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition with "African Waltz"
Winners & Nominees 1962
Winner
Nominees
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African Waltz
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A Touch Of Elegance (Single)
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Gillespiana (Album)
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Perceptions (Single)
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Unsquare Dance
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
