Marc Anthony performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on March 10, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF.

SAN FRANCISCO — As if Marc Anthony, the top-selling tropical salsa artist of all time and winner of multiple Grammys, didn’t already make music that sounded effortless, he added to the effect at his show Friday at Chase Center, seemingly gliding onto the stage without even moving his legs.

He wasn’t levitating; it was a conveyor belt. But the message was clear: Anthony and his extremely talented band—no, orchestra—were really good at their jobs on this stop of their Viviendo Tour. Backed by 14 musicians, including three backup singers, multiple percussionists and a brass section, he covered a solid dozen songs from his catalog, including a couple of tunes from his latest album, 2022’s Pa’llá Voy. The show ran about two hours because many of the songs revved up into jam sessions or fun solos.

Marc Anthony performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on March 10, 2023.

Anthony, a New Yorker born to Puerto Rican parents, kicked off the show with the title track off the new album, which just won the Tropical Album of the Year at the Premio Lo Nuestro, a Spanish-language music awards show.

The titles means “I’m Going There,” and from the time he arrived, Anthony was moving all around the multitiered stage. Wearing a black jacket and pants, and white T-shirt, he swiveled his hips during the exhuberant “Valió La Pena” (“It Was Worth It”), which ended in a cacophony of beats. Anthony then dug deeper into his songbook for “Y Hubo Alguien” (“And There Was Someone”) from his 1997 album, Contra la Corriente. He sang in vibrato, with thousands singing along but not in tune. No one cared. As Anthony spun around, the trumpeter blew out an impressive solo, backed by several trombones.

Anthony lost his place early on 1995 tune “Hasta Ayer” (“Until Yesterday”) and brought the band to a halt before eventually starting over. But before he did, he used the break to ask a concertgoer on crutches if they were OK. This slinky mid-tempo number was punctured by an extended blistering guitar solo. At one point, the guitarist was even playing it behind his head.

Marc Anthony performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on March 10, 2023.

Often, Anthony appeared to be singing to specific people in the audience, such on slower song “Flor Pálida” (“Pale Flower”). Then on the jazzy “Contra La Corriente” (“Against the Current”) he jumped into a drum kit at the back of the stage and began wailing away alongside his other percussionists for another jam session. Several other songs incited massive singalongs that came close to drowning out the star of the show, such as “¿Qué Precio Tiene el Cielo?” (“What Price Does Heaven Have?”). On “Te Conozco Bien” (“I Know You Well”), bodies swayed along to the singing. Between those two songs was another new one, “Mala” (“Bad”), which began like an ’80s synth pop ballad before the beat kicked in and the song sped up very quickly. Anthony salsa danced across the stage.

Marc Anthony and his band concluded the main set with the Western-sounding “Parecen Viernes” (“They Look Like Friday”), encouraging concertgoers to wave their hands around, before departing the same way that he arrived: hopping back on his conveyor belt, facing the crowd and being pulled away.

Of course, he saved his biggest hit, “Vivir Mi Vida” (“To Live My Life”), for the encore. The band remained onstage, letting fans cheer loudly for a couple of minutes, and Anthony returned for the powerful salsa song, for which most attendees remained in the building and on their feet.

As on Marc Anthony’s last stop in Chase Center in 2019, the show was opened by comedian Joey Vega, who joked  about how the Latinos were late because they were looking for babysitters while white people booked their babysitters three months earlier. He also commented on the pandemic, which is still here but less deadly.

“President Biden got it twice and he’s still alive. If you can’t kill him, you can’t kill anyone,” he said. Vega also polled attendees on their heritage; it appeared that Central Americans were the loudest while Mexicans, South Americans and Boriquas (Puerto Ricans) tied.

But most of his commentary consisted of crude and chauvinist sex jokes.

Follow editor Roman Gokhman at Twitter.com/RomiTheWriter.