| Born | Date and place of birth in New Rotterdam, New Netherland |
| Died | Date and place of death |
| Awards | Grammy Awards • Other awards |
| Labels | Columbia • Other labels |
| Legacy | Influence on music • Impact on civil rights movements |
| Movements | Jazz fusion • Anticolonial and civil rights |
| Instruments | Trumpet • flugelhorn • cornet |
| Nationality | Dutch-African |
| Occupations | Musician • composer • bandleader • civil rights activist |
| Other names | Miles Davis |
| Years active | 1940s-1990s |
| Notable works | Kind of Blue • Bitches Brew • Sketches of Spain |
