Alexander Drakos Ktistakis has worked in jazz, latin jazz, funk και fusion jazz music with Anthony Jackson, Eric Marienthal, Biréli Lagrène, Tony Lakatos, Bob Francheschini, Brett Garsed, Mark Murphy, Frank Gambale, Mitchel Forman, Alex Foster, Dave Friedman, Bobby Few, Mike Miller, Abram Wilson, Miles Griffith, Greg Beily, Amik Guerra, Soweto Kinch, Denys Baptiste, Jason Yarde, Rex Richardson, Paul Clarvis, Tony Remy, Reiner Witzel, Igor Lumpert, Joel Soto, Takis Paterelis, George Kontrafouris, Vassilis Rakopoulos, Dimitris Vassilakis, Yiorgos Fakanas, Antonis Andreou, Dimitris Tsakas, Kostas Baltazanis, Dimos Dimitriadis, Takis Barberis and others. He has participated in a large number of recordings (ECM recording artist, VERVE recording artist).
He has many years of experience as a teacher at the Department of Music Studies (jazz music) of the Ionian University. In the past, he taught drums at the “Philippos Nakas” Conservatory.
He is a Director of Studies at the Modern Music Schoolof Athens, managing the creation, the development and the normal function of the programs of studies, while at the same time he teaches drums. He is also the founder and director of the Modern Music School of Heraklion.