[mb-users] Retrieving contributors to a recording to create artist playlists

I've started looking at MusicBrainz a couple of days ago with a specific 
aim. I'd like to create playlists for artists containing all recordings 
(in my collection) they play on.

I'm mostly interested in rock and jazz, but I think it would be at least 
as interesting do for classical music.

An example. Let's say I want to create a playlist with recordings by 
Steve Morse. Luckily, I remember that at one time or another, he 
published albums under his own name and he was part of the Dixie Dregs, 
Kansas, Deep Purple, and Flying Colors. I'd have to look at the CDs to 
find the details.

I'd rather query MusicBrainz. As far as I can tell, the MB data model 
can represent the information I'm looking for. However, I have no idea 
if the actual data is nearly detailed enough to make my idea workable. 
Also, I've made a few attempts at queries such as this one

http://www.musicbrainz.org/ws/2/recording/e9863849-4bb5-4709-bcf6-
f79e08f09ed5?inc=artist-credits+recording-rels

and I'm not quite sure how to get the information I want even if it is 
indeed there.

Regarding the general approach, I'm considering to retrieve contributor 
data for each recording in a collection once and then cache it locally.

Any thoughts, recommendations?

Michael

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Michael Schuerig
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