"Chick Corea is a pianist virtually without peer. From all evidence on The Musician, his 2011 month-long stand at New York's Blue Note club for his 70th birthday - during which he played in 10 settings reflecting collaborations and interests threading through his 55-year career - was a creative revelry every night ... If all this feels like an appetizer, take heart: In 2016 Corea enjoyed an eight-week-long, 75th-birthday residency at the Blue Note, with even more star collaborators. Can an album be far behind?"