With a totally different approach to arrangement, orchestration and rhythm, Donato has a special place in the hearts of dancers crazy for tango and milonga.

Famous as the composer of A Media Luz.

Edgardo made music for dancing, pure and simple. Rhythmic, playful, melodic - his music inspires happiness.

It took me a long time to get to him, actually - owing mostly the poor quality of the recordings. But when I started cleaning them up, I was stunned by their beauty. They certainly pull you back in time and place you right there in the Golden Age - giving you a feel for the era that is unique.

And then, there's Ella Es Así - the milonga that sends me into rapture. The inspired arrangement is the funkiest thing I've ever heard out of Argentina.

Elle Es Así from CD.    Keith's Elle Es Así.

Donato was never played in the milongas of Montreal and I was unfamiliar with his music. In 2001, I got my first exposure in a fabulous way: in a milonga class with Miguel Angel Zotto in Miami. It was a life-changing experience because I not only got the sound, I got the picture. Miguel is something else as a dancer (the best rock 'n roll dancer I have ever seen). When he dances milonga, time stops for me. And Miguel was playing Ella Es Así over and over. I went crazy for it from that moment.

I immediately went searching for Donato material and was hugely disappointed by the bad technical quality of the recordings I found. So, I went to work restoring them.

Then I began playing him in my milongas. Especially Ella Es Así, of course. And people started asking for it everywhere they went. Now this amazing song is a staple in Montreal milongas. It should be everywhere.

The other thing I love about Donato is the playing of Anselmo Aieta. He plays such a sweet and tender bandoneón.

There are 2 ToTANGO CD's of Edgardo Donato Restorations.