NewReleseToday is premiering Ernie Haase Signature Sound's new live video for "We Three Kings." The track appears on the quartet's first full-length holiday album in 10 years, A Jazzy Little Christmas.
"One of my favorite songs on our recording, A Jazzy Little Christmas, is 'We Three Kings,' says Ernie Haase. "It was written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. in 1857. Hopkins wanted to be a lawyer and was on that path when he heard the call to become a priest within the Episcopal Church. He went to the General Theological Seminary in New York City and it was there that he wrote this song for a musical. It caught on and was published and heralded as the first American Christmas carol. Up until that time, most songs performed at Christmas were from the Old[…] Source: Christian Music