Best Original Jazz Composition

8th Annual Grammy Awards • 1966

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1964 and Aug 30, 1965

Paul Horn won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition with "Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts"

Winners & Nominees 1966

Winner
Nominees
  • Lalo Schifrin

    Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts

    Lalo Schifrin

  • John Coltrane

    A Love Supreme

    John Coltrane

  • Wes Montgomery

    Bumpin'

    Wes Montgomery

  • Oscar Peterson

    Canadiana Suite (Album)

    Oscar Peterson

  • Mickey One (Single)

    Eddie Sauter

  • Virgin Islands Suite

    Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

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