With Tod Dickow and Charged Particles

When & where: 7 p.m. Monday at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz; $21-$42; www.kuumbwajazz.org; 7 and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 17-18 at SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco; $35; www.sfjazz.org; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at SJZ Break Room, San Jose; $37.40; sanjosejazz.org; 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Meyhouse, Palo Alto; $80; meyhouserestaurant.com