In a review for Pitchfork, Madison Bloom wrote: "Munich 2016 provides a snapshot of the piano legend in his seventies: energetic, spontaneous, and inventive as ever...

"[3] Writing for UDiscover Music, Charles Waring called Munich 2016 "magnificent", and commented: "No single Keith Jarrett live album is the same, but they’re all special.

"[8] Mike Jurkovic, in a review for All About Jazz, stated: "Keith Jarrett continues to astonish with the music he conjures from thin air... Jarrett now spontaneously composes suites, shorter pieces brought to life by his keen, tireless muse and the environment in which he is playing..."[4] In a separate article for All About Jazz, Karl Ackermann wrote: "His improvisational skills in top form, he displays his genius across twelve extemporaneous compositions and three encores...

It is possible to listen to Jarrett's dozen live solo collections—including box set and multi-disc releases—and never feel that you're covering the customary territory.

In an article for Between Sound and Space, Tyran Grillo wrote:Throughout this two-disc recording... Jarrett unveils 12 numbered sculptures of possibility, each more freestanding than the last.

The contortions of Parts VII, IX, and XII are ages between, giving way to meditations in which un-pressed keys speak as truthfully as their contacted neighbors.