Mario Cruz
Biography
Mario Cruz is a New York City-area saxophone player with a number of credits to his name. He is perhaps best known for playing on Bruce Springsteen's 1988 Tunnel of Love Express tour. He also played with Willy DeVille on various Europe tours. He can be heard on DeVille's Willy DeVille Live album. Cruz is featured on the 2018 release Origin Suite with the Michael Waldrop Big Band. He also played in Jaco Pastorius's 'Word of Mouth' band.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
155 releases · 23 albums · active 1978–2025
- Performance · 260
- Other credits · 24
- Production · 1
Studios: House Of Music, West Orange, NJ · Budokan · Sigma Sound Studios, New York · Festival Hall, Osaka
Frequent collaborators
- Willy DeVille
- Bruce Springsteen
- Jaco Pastorius Big Band
- Joe Cocker
- Steve Briody
- Jaco Pastorius
- Great Caesar's Ghost (2)
- Ursus (4)





