Drummer George Trantalidis started his career playing with the rock group Socrates. He was a founding member of the group Sphinx.

His first personal album "Clarification", recorded in Hungary, was released in 1981 and was succeeded by "One, Two, Three, Four" (1982), also recorded in Hungary. With his album "Hores" (1983) he started merging jazz with greek traditional music.

From 1984 to 1989 he also produced a jazz radio show. Since 1989 he holds his personal studio producing his own records as well as making productions for selected Greek and foreign artists.

He has performed in internatioally famous festivals (such as the Jazz India Festival and the Singapore Jazz Festival) and has collaborated with many Greek musicians as well as with famous artists from abroad (Bela Lakatos, Tony Lakatos, George Vukan, Alex Foster, Attila Laszlo, Laszlo Gardony, Gilad Atzmon, Nick Gravenites, Chip Jackson, John Hicks, Andy Sheppard and many others).

In 2004 he participated as composer and arranger in the starting ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games with his composition "Karpos".