Best Original Jazz Composition

7th Annual Grammy Awards • 1965

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

Lalo Schifrin won the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition with "The Cat"

Winners & Nominees 1965

Winner
Nominees
  • Lalo Schifrin

    The Cat

    Lalo Schifrin

  • Bob Florence

    Here And Now

    Bob Florence

  • Night Creature

    Duke Ellington

  • Paco

    Gerald Wilson

  • Quincy Jones

    The Witching Hour

    Quincy Jones

  • Dave Brubeck

    Theme From Mr. Broadway

    Dave Brubeck

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