On Friday night, guitarist Eric Krasno continued his weekend residency at Blue Note NYC featuring drummer Louis Cato, keyboardist Nigel Hall, and bassist Chris Loftlin.

The shows are billed as Eric Krasno & Friends, though longtime fans will recognize the quartet comprised of Krasno, Hall, Cato, and Loftlin as a throwback to an old project, Chapter 2, which rarely plays together these days.

However, they’ve played their fair share of memorable performances in the past. In 2009, Chapter 2 performed as part of the first-ever night of music at Brooklyn Bowl for the venue’s soft opening. They wouldn’t reconvene onstage until 2017, when they anchored a headlining, star-studded Eric Krasno & Friends set in that very same building as part of Brooklyn Comes Alive. That Brooklyn Comes Alive set featured a veritable all-star squad of special guests, from John Scofield to George Porter Jr. to Cyril Neville to Jennifer Hartswick to Maurice Brown to Snarky Puppy horns Mike “Maz” Maher and Chris Michetti and beyond. As Krasno mused while the guests accumulated onstage, “They told me that I could bring some friends, but they had no idea how many I’d actually bring!”

The Friday edition of Eric Krasno & Friends at the Blue Note saw the talented crew welcome saxophonist Casey Benjamin (The Robert Glasper Experiment) for a scheduled sit-in, and Charles “Chally Mikes” Haynes for a spur-of-the-moment guest spot on drums. Following the Eric Krasno & Friends set, Cato stepped into the driver’s seat for a late-night Louis Cato & Friends performance.

Below, you can check out a gallery of photos from both sets courtesy of photographer Chris Capaci.

The Eric Krasno Blue Note residency continues tonight, May 18th, featuring Ledisi and tomorrow, May 19th, featuring MonoNeon. For more information and ticketing details, head here.