Major airports near Fort Leavenworth: The nearest major airport is Kansas City International Airport (MCI / KMCI). This airport has international and domestic flights from Kansas City, Missouri and is 22 miles from the center of Fort Leavenworth.nother major airport is Forbes Field (FOE / KFOE), which has domestic flights from Topeka, Kansas and is 71 miles from Fort Leavenworth.
Subscribe to 30sJazz.com. Advertisement. This scene from the 1937 film Hollywood Hotel the Benny Goodman Orchestra perform a swingin' number with Benny Goodman (clarinet), Harry James (trumpet), and Gene Krupa (drums). *Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) was written by Louis Prima in 1936.
Today I recorded Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball.It was written and recorded in 1948 by Buddy Johnson, and released again in 1949 by the Count Basie orchestra. This is the first of the Go Get Your Voice songs from and about the early civil rights movement.For the Dodgers to sign an African-American man to play on their major league team took courage and foresight.he color walls were slowly beginning to come down and the Dodgers, along with Jackie Robinson were pioneers in much the same was as other courageous individuals like Rosa Parks. I love this song, and I love baseball. Its so far off the map of music I do, I thought it might be fun!