| Year[I] | Composer(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees
Performers are in parentheses | Ref. |
| 1963 | Henry Mancini | "Baby Elephant Walk" | Henry Mancini | - Dave Rose – The Stripper
- Robert Farnon – Sensuous Strings of Robert Farnon (Robert Farnon and His Orchestra)
- Nelson Riddle – Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)
- Quincy Jones – The Quintessence
- Eddie Sauter – "Focus" (Stan Getz)
- Joe Harnell – "Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova" (Joe Harnell and His Orchestra)
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| 1964 | Quincy Jones | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Count Basie | - Joe Sherman – "Washington Square" (The Village Stompers)
- Marty Gold & Peter Nero – "Mountain Greenery" (Peter Nero)
- Claus Ogerman – "More" (Kai Winding)
- Robert N. Enevoldsen – "Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen)
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| 1965 | Henry Mancini | "The Pink Panther Theme" | Henry Mancini | - Bob Florence – "The Song Is You"
- Hugo Montenegro – "The Long Ships"
- Anita Kerr – "Sugar Lips" (Al Hirt)
- Richard Hayman – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops)
- Quincy Jones – "Golden Boy (String Version)"
- Billy Strayhorn – "A Spoonful of Sugar" (Duke Ellington)
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| 1966 | Herb Alpert | "A Taste of Honey" | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | - Horst Jankowski – "Walk in the Black Forest"
- Johnny Mandel – "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Robert Armbruster)
- Bob Florence – "Mission to Moscow" (Si Zentner)
- Neal Hefti – "Girl Talk"
- Jack Mason – "A Hard Day's Night" (Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops)
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| 1967 | "What Now My Love" | - Bob Florence – "Michelle" (Bud Shank)
- John Barry – "Born Free"
- Neal Hefti – "Batman Theme"
- Henry Mancini – "Arabesque"
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| 1968 | Burt Bacharach | "Alfie" | Burt Bacharach | - Bill Reddie – "West Side Medley" (Buddy Rich)
- Claus Ogerman – "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
- Bill Holman – "Norwegian Wood" (Buddy Rich)
- Hutch Davie – "Music to Watch Girls By" (Bob Crewe Generation)
- Burt Bacharach – "Casino Royale" (Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass)
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| 1969 | Mike Post | "Classical Gas" | Mason Williams | - Michel Legrand – "The Windmills of Your Mind"
- Hugo Montenegro – "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
- Don Sebesky – "Scarborough Fair" (Wes Montgomery)
- Al Capps – "Baroque-A-Nova" (Mason Williams)
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| 1970 | Henry Mancini | "Love Theme" from Romeo and Juliet | Henry Mancini | - Quincy Jones – "Walking in Space"
- Dick Halligan – "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie" (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- Arthur Ferrante & Lou Teicher – "Midnight Cowboy" (Ferrante & Teicher)
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| 1971 | Theme from Z | - Lalo Schifrin – Theme from Medical Center (Various artists)
- Fred Selden – "The Magic Bus Ate My Donut" (Don Ellis)
- Tom Sellers – "Overture from Tommy" (The Assembled Multitude)
- Quincy Jones – "Gula Matari"
- Miles Davis – "Bitches Brew"
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| 1972 | Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen | "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes | - Michel Legrand – Theme from Summer of '42
- Don Sebesky – "The Rite of Spring" (Hubert Laws)
- Joshua Rifkin – "Nightingale II"
- Michel Colombier – "Earth"
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| 1973 | Don Ellis | Theme from The French Connection | Don Ellis Big Band | - Henry Mancini – "Theme from The Mancini Generation"
- Quincy Jones – "Money Runner"
- Don Sebesky – "Lonely Town" (Freddie Hubbard)
- Richard Carpenter – "Flat Baroque" (The Carpenters)
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| 1974 | Quincy Jones | "Summer in the City" | Quincy Jones | - Bill Holman – "The Daily Dance" (Stan Kenton and His Orchestra)
- Chick Corea – "Spain" (Chick Corea and Return To Forever)
- Lee Holdridge – "Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite" (Neil Diamond)
- Bob James – "Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (Grover Washington Jr.)
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| 1975 | Pat Williams | Threshold | Pat Williams | - Bob James – "Night on Bald Mountain"
- Les Hooper – "Look What They've Done" (Les Hooper Big Band)
- Don Sebesky – "Firebird/Bird of Fire"
- Les Hooper – "Circumvent"
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| 1976 | Pete Clarence Carpenter & Mike Post | "The Rockford Files" | Mike Post | - Herbert Spencer – Theme from Jaws (John Williams)
- Randy Brecker – "Some Skunk Funk" (Brecker Brothers)
- Ron McClure – "No Show" (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- Thad Jones – "Living for the City" (Thad Jones and Mel Lewis)
- Alan Broadbent – "Children of Lima" (Woody Herman)
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| 1977 | Chick Corea | "Leprechaun's Dream" | Chick Corea | - Bob James – "Westchester Lady"
- Henry Mancini, Herbert Spencer, John Williams & Al Woodbury – "The Disaster Movie Suite" (Henry Mancini conducting the London Symphony)
- Claus Ogerman – "Saudade Do Brazil" (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
- Stanley Clarke – "Life Is Just a Game"
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| 1978 | Harry Betts, Perry Botkin Jr. & Barry De Vorzon | "Nadia's Theme" from The Young and the Restless | Barry De Vorzon | - Bob James – "Scheherezade" (Hubert Laws)
- Herbert Spencer – "Roots Mural Theme" (Quincy Jones)
- Chick Corea – "Musicmagic" (Chick Corea and Return to Forever)
- Joe Sample – "Free as the Wind" (The Crusaders)
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| 1979 | Quincy Jones & Robert Freedman | "Main Title - Overture Part One" from The Wiz | Various artists | - Tom Tom 84 – "Runnin'" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Chick Corea – "Mad Hatter Rhapsody"
- Joe Roccisano – "Green Earrings" (Woody Herman Band)
- Alan Broadbent – "Aja" (Woody Herman Band)
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| 1980 | Claus Ogerman | "Soulful Strut" | George Benson | - Jeremy Lubbock & Harvey Mason – "Wave" (Harvey Mason)
- Don Sebesky – "Sebastian's Theme"
- John Serry – "Sabotage"
- Claus Ogerman – "Lazy Afternoon" (Freddie Hubbard)
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| 1981 | Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones | "Dinorah, Dinorah" | - Claus Ogerman – "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
- Bob Brookmeyer – "Skylark" (Mel Lewis)
- Dave Grusin – "Marcosinho" (Dave Valentin)
- Jorge Calandrelli – "Forget the Woman" (Eddie Daniels)
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| 1982 | Quincy Jones & Johnny Mandel | "Velas" | Quincy Jones | - Jerry Goldsmith – "The Slaves"
- Billy May – "South Rampart Street Parade" (John Williams)
- Dave Grusin – "Mountain Dance"
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – "A Bit Byas'd" (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band)
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| 1983 | John Williams | "Flying" – Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams | - Les Hooper – "Pavanne" (Les Hooper Big Band)
- Claus Ogerman – "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte" (Claus Ogerman featuring Jan Akkerman)
- Clare Fischer, Ronnie Foster & Earl Klugh – "Balladina" (Earl Klugh)
- Lyle Mays & Pat Metheny – "Are You Going With Me?" (Pat Metheny Group)
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| 1984 | Dave Grusin | "Summer Sketches '82" | Dave Grusin | - Patrick Williams – "Too Hip for the Room"
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – "Remembering Bud" (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)
- Rob McConnell – "I Got Rhythm" (Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass)
- Bob Florence – "Afternoon of a Prawn"
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| 1985 | Jeremy Lubbock & Quincy Jones | "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" | Quincy Jones | - Don Sebesky – "Waltz for Debbie"
- Robert Freedman – "Stardust" (Wynton Marsalis)
- Henry Mancini – "Cameo for Flute...For James" (James Galway and Henry Mancini)
- Stewart Copeland – "Brothers on Wheels"
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| 1986 | Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour | "Early A.M. Attitude" | Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour | - George Russell – The African Game (George Russell and The Living Time Orchestra)
- William Brohn – "Suite of Dances" from Pacific Overtures (Various artists)
- Chip Davis – "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)" (Mannheim Steamroller)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – "March of the Tadpoles" (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band)
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| 1987 | Patrick Williams | "Suite Memories" | Bill Watrous & Patrick Williams | - Jorge Calandrelli – "The First Letter" (Dick Hazard)
- Jorge Calandrelli – "Solfeggietto Metamorphosis" (Eddie Daniels)
- Don Sebesky – "Cherokee"
- Bill Meyers – "AM/PM"
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| 1988 | Bill Holman | "Take The "A" Train" | The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen | - Dave Grusin – "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
- Michael Convertino – Theme from Children of a Lesser God (Shirley Walker)
- Patrick Williams – "Jive Samba" (Patrick Williams' New York Band)
- Jorge Calandrelli – "Any Time, Any Season" (Sam Most)
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| 1989 | Roger Kellaway | "Memos from Paradise" | Eddie Daniels | - Henry Mancini – "Suite from The Thorn Birds"
- Bill Barber, Jimmy Johnson & Dick Oatts – "Jazz Patrol" (Flim & the BB's)
- John Dankworth – "Caravan"
- David Balakrishnan – "A Night in Tunisia" (Turtle Island String Quartet)
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| 1990 | Dave Grusin | "Suite" from The Milagro Beanfield War | Dave Grusin | - Thad Jones – "Three in One" (Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra)
- Frank Foster – "The Count Basie Remembrance Suite"
- Maxine Roach – "Extensions" (The Uptown String Quartet)
- Les Hooper – "Anything Goes" (Les Hooper Big Band)
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| 1991 | Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton | "Birdland" | Quincy Jones | - Chick Corea – "Tale of Daring, Chapters 1-4" (Chick Corea Elektric Band)
- Henry Mancini – "Monster Movie Music Suite" (Henry Mancini conducting the Pops Orchestra)
- John Clayton – "Brush This" (Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra)
- John Williams – "Born on the Fourth Of July"
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| 1992 | Dave Grusin | "Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy" | Dave Grusin | - Henry Mancini – "The Untouchables"
- Michael Kamen – "Maid Marian"
- Mike Bogle – "Got a Match?" (University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band)
- Peter Apfelbaum – "Candles and Stones" (Peter Apfelbaum and The Hieroglyphics Ensemble)
- Ed Neumeister – "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra)
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| 1993 | Rob McConnell | "Strike Up the Band" | Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass | - Neil Slater – "Values" (University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band)
- Gary Lindsay – "Cherokee" (Arturo Sandoval)
- Russ Gershon – "Bennie Moten's Weird Nightmare" (Either/Orchestra)
- Michael Abene – "Airegin" (GRP All-Star Big Band)
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| 1994 | Dave Grusin | "Mood Indigo" | Dave Grusin | - Arif Mardin – "Suite Fraternidad (1st and Second Movements)" (Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin)
- Michael Abene – "Oleo" (GRP All-Star Big Band)
- Lalo Schifrin – "Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks"
- Vincent Mendoza – "Buleria" (Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin)
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| 1995 | "Three Cowboy Songs" | - Nan Schwartz Mishkin – "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (John Williams and Boston Pops Orchestra)
- Louis Bellson – "Ellington-Strayhorn Suite"
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – "Bebop" (Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra)
- Richard Eddy & Arturo Sandoval – "A Mis Abuelos" (Arturo Sandoval)
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| 1996 | Robert Farnon | "Lament" | J. J. Johnson & the Robert Farnon Orchestra | - Jorge Calandrelli – "Manha De Carnaval" (Ettore Stratta)
- Michael Abene – "Cookin' at The Continental" (GRP All-Star Big Band)
- Marcus Miller – "Come Together"
- Jorge Calandrelli – "Atras Da Porta" (Ettore Stratta conducting The Royal Philharmonic)
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| 1997 | Michael Kamen | "An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)" | Michael Kamen | - Jorge Calandrelli – "Summer" (Eddie Daniels)
- Jim McNeely – "Sing, Sing, Sing" (Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Jon Faddis, Music Director)
- Wayne Shorter – "Children of the Night"
- Lalo Schifrin – "Charlie Parker: The Firebird (Medley)"
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| 1998 | Bill Holman | "Straight, No Chaser" | The Bill Holman Band | - Robert Farnon – "Wild is the Wind" (J. J. Johnson)
- Dave Grusin – "Peter Gunn"
- Vincent Mendoza – "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (Vince Mendoza featuring John Abercrombie)
- Michael Abene – "America" (Dave Grusin)
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| 1999 | Don Sebesky | "Waltz for Debby" | Don Sebesky | - Michel Legrand – "Where or When"
- Rob McConnell – "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass)
- Bill Holman – "Moon of Manakoorah" (Bill Holman and The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra)
- Patrick Williams – "In the Still of the Night" (Patrick Williams and His Big Band)
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| 2000 | Don Sebesky | "Chelsea Bridge" | Don Sebesky | - John Williams – "Stella by Starlight" (Itzhak Perlman, John Williams and The Boston Pops Orchestra)
- Dori Caymmi & Tom Scott – "Pink Panther" (Dori Caymmi)
- Lalo Schifrin – "Fiesta"
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| 2001 | Chick Corea | "Spain for Sextet & Orchestra" | Chick Corea | - Jorge Calandrelli – "The Summer Knows/Estate" (Ettore Stratta & His Orchestra)
- Paul McCandless – "Round Robin" (Oregon with The Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra)
- Jim McNeely – "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely)
- Gordon Goodwin – "Bach 2 Part Invention in D Minor" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
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| 2002 | Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer | "Debussy: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" | Béla Fleck with Joshua Bell & Gary Hoffmann | - Bob Florence – "Take the "A" Train" (Bob Florence & The SWR Big Band)
- George S. Clinton & Quincy Jones –v"Soul Bossa Nova" (George S. Clinton)
- Lalo Schifrin – "Scheherazade Fantasy"
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba – "En la Orilla del Mundo (At the Edge of the World)" (Charlie Haden)
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| 2003 | Thomas Newman | "Title Theme" from Six Feet Under | Thomas Newman | - David Balakrishnan – "You've Changed" (Turtle Island String Quartet featuring Paquito D'Rivera)
- Carlos Franzetti – "Plaza Oscura" (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti)
- Sammy Nestico – "Kiki Takes a Ride"
- Bill Cunliffe – "Angel Eyes" (Alan Kaplan)
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| 2004 | Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein | "Timbuktu" | Michael Brecker Quindectet | - Jorge Calandrelli – "Oblivion" (Regina Carter)
- John Fedchock – "Caribbean Fire Dance" (John Fedchock New York Big Band)
- Jim McNeely – "Black Holes" (Renee Rosnes and The Danish Radio Big Band)
- Rob McConnell – "Autumn in New York" (Rob McConnell & The SWR Big Band)
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| 2005 | Slide Hampton | "Past Present and Future" | The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra | - Jim McNeely – "Sing Sing Sing" (David Liebman Big Band)
- Chick Corea – "The Long Passage" (Chick Corea Elektric Band)
- Jorge Calandrelli – "Libertango" (Yo-Yo Ma)
- Phil Kelly – "Bella Luce" (Phil Kelly & The NW Prevailing Winds)
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| 2006 | Gordon Goodwin | "The Incredits" from The Incredibles | Michael Giacchino | - Billy Childs – "Scarborough Faire" (Billy Childs Ensemble)
- John Clayton – "Lullaby of the Leaves" (The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra)
- Bill Cunliffe – "Do It Again"
- Chris Walden – "Cherokee" (The Chris Walden Big Band)
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| 2007 | Chick Corea | "Three Ghouls" | Chick Corea | - Jim McNeely – "Up from the Skies" (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
- Patrick Williams – "Tom & Eddie" (The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra & Big Band)
- Gil Goldstein – "Three Women"
- Gordon Goodwin – "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
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| 2008 | Vince Mendoza | "In A Silent Way" | Joe Zawinul | - Gordon Goodwin – "Yo Tannenbaum" from Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
- Frank Macchia – "Black is the Color of My True Love' Hair" (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)
- Steve Wiest – "Besame Mucho" (Maynard Ferguson)
- Harry Connick Jr. – "Ash Wednesday"
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| 2009 | Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel | "Define Dancing" from WALL-E | Thomas Newman | - Gordon Goodwin – "Yesterdays" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring Art Tatum)
- Robert E. Brookmeyer – "St. Louis Blues" (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
- Michael Abene – "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" (Joe Lovano with WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra)
- Frank Macchia – "Down in the Valley" (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)
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| 2010 | Bill Cunliffe | "West Side Story Medley" | Resonance Big Band | - Jeremy Lubbock – "Emmanuel" (Chris Botti & Lucia Micarelli)
- Vince Mendoza – "Hope" (Jim Beard with Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orchestra)
- Vince Mendoza – "Slings and Arrows" (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)
- Michael Giacchino & Tim Simonec – "Up with End Credits" (Michael Giacchino)
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| 2011 | Vince Mendoza | "Carlos" | John Scofield, Vince Mendoza and Metropole Orchestra | - Patrick Williams – "Fanfare for a New Day" (Patrick Williams The Big Band)
- Gil Goldstein – "Itsbynne Reel" (Dave Eggar)
- Ted Nash – "Monet" (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra)
- Frank Macchia – "Skip to My Lou"
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| 2012 | Gordon Goodwin | "Rhapsody in Blue" | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | - Peter Jensen – "All or Nothing At All" (Randy Brecker & The DR Big Band)
- Clare Fischer – "In The Beginning" (The Clare Fischer Big Band)
- Bob Brookmeyer – "Nasty Dance" (Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
- Carlos Franzetti – "Song Without Words" (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti)
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| 2013 | Gil Evans | "How About You" | The Gil Evans Project | - Michael Philip Mossman – "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington" (Bobby Sanabria Big Band)
- Bob Mintzer – "Irrequieto" (Bob Mintzer Big Band)
- Wally Minko – "A Night in Tunisia (Actually an Entire Weekend!)" (Arturo Sandoval)
- Gordon Goodwin – "Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)" (Arturo Sandoval)
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| 2014 | Gordon Goodwin | "On Green Dolphin Street" | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | - Kim Richmond – "Invitation" (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra)
- Chuck Owen – "Side Hikes - A Ridge Away" (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)
- Nan Schwartz – "Skylark" (Amy Dickson)
- Gil Goldstein – "Wild Beauty" (The Brussels Jazz Orchestra featuring Joe Lovano)
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| 2015 | Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola | "Daft Punk" | Pentatonix | - Pete McGuinness – "Beautiful Dreamer" (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
- Gordon Goodwin – "Get Smart" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
- Alfredo Rodriguez – "Guantanamera"
- Chris Walden – "Moon River" (Amy Dickson)
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| 2016 | "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" | - Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss – "Bruno Mars" (Vocally Challenged)
- Armand Hutton – "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Committed)
- Bob James – "Ghost of a Chance" (Bob James & Nathan East)
- John Fedchock – "You and the Night and the Music" (John Fedchock New York Big Band)
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| 2017 | Jacob Collier | "You and I" | Jacob Collier | - John Beasley – "Ask Me Now"
- Sammy Nestico – "Good 'Swing' Wenceslas" (The Count Basie Orchestra)
- Christian Jacob – "Linus & Lucy" (The Phil Norman Tentet)
- John Daversa – "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
- Ted Nash – "We Three Kings" (The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis)
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| 2018 | John Williams | "Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra from Catch Me If You Can" | John Williams | - Chuck Owen – "All Hat, No Saddle" (Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge)
- Nate Smith – "Home Free (For Peter Joe)"
- John Beasley – "Ugly Beauty/Pannonica"
- Chris Walden – "White Christmas" (Herb Alpert)
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| 2019 | John Daversa | "Stars and Stripes Forever" | John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists | - Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson – "Batman Theme (TV)" (Randy Waldman featuring Wynton Marsalis)
- Mark Kibble – "Change The World" (Take 6)
- John Powell – "Madrid Finale"
- Alexandre Desplat – "The Shape of Water"
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| 2020 | Jacob Collier | "Moon River" | Jacob Collier | - Kris Bowers – "Blue Skies"
- John Williams – "Hedwig's Theme" (John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter)
- Emilio Solla – "La Novena" (The Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra)
- Vince Mendoza – "Love, A Beautiful Force" (Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & the Temple University Studio Orchestra)
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| 2021 | John Beasley | "Donna Lee" | John Beasley | - Hildur Guðnadóttir – "Bathroom Dance"
- Remy Le Boeuf – "Honeymooners" (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows)
- Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson – "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea)
- Jeremy Levy – "Uranus: The Magician" (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)
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| 2022 | Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman | "Meta Knight's Revenge" from Kirby Super Star | The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher | - Bill O'Connell – "Chopsticks" (Richard Baratta)
- Robin Smith – "For the Love of a Princess (from "Braveheart")" (HAUSER, the London Symphony Orchestra & Robin Smith)
- Emile Mosseri – "Infinite Love"
- Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez – "The Struggle Within" (Rodrigo y Gabriela)
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| 2023 | John Beasley | "Scrapple From the Apple" | Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band featuring Martin Auer | - Armand Hutton – "As Days Go By (An Arrangement Of The Family Matters Theme Song)" (Armand Hutton featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6)
- Matt Cusson – "How Deep Is Your Love" (Kings Return)
- Danny Elfman – "Main Titles (Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness)" (Danny Elfman)
- Remy Le Boeuf – "Minnesota, WI" (Remy Le Boeuf)
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| 2024 | John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin & Roberto Luis Rodriguez | "Folsom Prison Blues" | The String Revolution featuring Tommy Emmanuel | - Nkosilathi Emmanuel Sibanda – "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Just 6)
- Ludwig Göransson – "Can You Hear the Music"
- Hilario Duran – "I Remember Mingus" (Hilario Duran & his Latin Jazz Big Band featuring Paquito D'Rivera)
- Esin Aydingoz, Chris Bacon & Alana Da Fonseca – "Paint it Black" (Wednesday Addams)
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| 2025 | Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Jacob Collier featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly | - Michael League – "Baby Elephant Walk - Encore" (Snarky Puppy)
- Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé – "Rhapsody in Blue(grass)" (Béla Fleck featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
- Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor – "Rose Without the Thorns" (Scott Hoying featuring säje & Tonality)
- Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor – "Silent Night" (säje)
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| 2026 | Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker | "Super Mario Praise Break" | The 8-Bit Big Band | - Cynthia Erivo – "Be Okay" (Cynthia Erivo)
- Remy Le Boeuf – "A Child Is Born" (Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf)
- Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloe Rowlands – "Fight On" (The Westerlies)
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