Big band weddings

The Ted Knight Orchestra is a wedding band with a horn section. It's a big band sound based on jazz, standards and blues, but the mix can include as much pop and rock as needed. See the song list and hear demos.

The band plays real instruments and uses no recorded backgrounds.

Knight Music is available to play for weddings in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and throughout the southeastern U.S. See map for details. Click any image to enlarge.

Musicians and vocalists

The orchestra includes four horns - trumpet, trombone, and two saxes - with Ted leading the band on keyboard and vocals.

The group can include anywhere from seven to twelve pieces depending on options such as vocalists, guitar, vibes, and percussion, and stage lighting is also available. See featured singers and musicians.

Twenty-piece big band

The Ted Knight Big Band is the real thing, featuring full horn sections and fourteen to twenty pieces. The big band played for a wedding in November 2007 at Saddlebrook Resort near Tampa.

Ted also leads specialized combos such as The Ted Knight Quartet, featuring jazz tenor sax, and The Convertibles, playing mostly rock and roll and island music.

Ted prepares a custom song list for each wedding, for a mix that's refreshingly different. He plays iPod mixes on breaks, either as background or at full volume for dancing. The sound system is scalable from a single powered speaker to a full P.A. suitable for the largest rooms. Ted keeps the volume under control during dinner so that people can enjoy conversation as well as the music.

See Frequently Asked Questions and the Virtual Wedding Tour.

Marie makes it easy

Brides and grooms find it easy to work with Marie Knight, Ted’s wife and manager. Marie has helped to arrange wedding music for couples from Virginia, Colorado, New York, New Hampshire and Georgia as well as from Florida.

For rates and availability, call or email Marie with the date of your wedding and the city where it will be held. Marie will reply promptly, and will send a demo CD on request to prospective clients who provide a mailing address.

 Images courtesy of Sandy McPherson Photography and Visual Enterprises LLC.