3 is a 12" live album containing outtakes from A Night at Birdland, Vols.

1–3, released in 1984 by Toshiba Records in Japan.

[1] Three of the four tracks on the Japanese 12" Vol.

3 had previously been released as part of a 2 LP Compilation entitled Live Messengers (BN-LA473-J2) in 1975.

3's have subsequently been reissued on the CD versions of A Night at Birdland, Vols.