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.
He was singing there in early 1939, when he was talent spotted by trumpeter Harry James, who had organized his own big band after leaving Benny Goodman, which was another famous big band leader of that era. Harry James hired Sinatra as a singer in his band and Frank made his first recording on July 13, 1939.