Alf Erling Kjellman (17 January 1938 in Tromsø - 14 September 2010) was a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor, baritone and alto saxophones), organizer and composer.
Kjellman also contributed to film music on Line (film) (1961) including with Atle Hammer, Frode Thingnæs, Mikkel Flagstad, Eilif Holm, Einar Iversen, Erik Amundsen and Egil Johansen.
He led his own The Alf Kjellman Project with the album You'll always need friends (Gemini Records, 1998), where Kjellman's compositions were performed with the band Frode Nymo saxophone, Harald Johnsen upright bass, Inge Stangvik vocals, Jørn Øien piano, Kevin Dean and Ole Jacob Hansen drums.
Until 2006, he had not yet performed his saxophones on a single solo album until his colleague and friend, the trombonist Øystein B. Blix started the label Reflect to release the album June 1999, which was radio recording with Kjellman, taken by NRK during the 1999 Festspillene i Nord-Norge.
[2] According to journalist Bjørn Hansen he For the 2011 Nordlysfestivalen Henning Gravrok composed Fire variasjoner over Alf Kjellmans gode råd, performed by Nordnorsk Storband featuring Tomasz Stanko.