Burt Bacharach is back -- and that's a good thing: Trio dips into iconic artist's huge songbook. From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: August 10, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Howard Reich

Aug. 10--Television audiences may know Burt Bacharach best for those quirky GEICO auto-insurance commercials, in which the tuxedoed songwriter croons about the perils of car accidents.

Seated at the piano, Bacharach seems to be improvising a ditty, while a GEICO customer offers a deadpan testimonial about the insurance firm.

The ads may have been lucrative for Bacharach, but they also could lead contemporary viewers to think of Bacharach as some ancient, has-been, third-rate lounge singer. In fact, he ranks among the great classic-pop and jazz ...