"Up-tempo" in jazz means roughly ♩=200 and faster, and at that speed everything you've learned about medium swing has to be reconsidered. The same four limbs that played a complex texture at 130 cannot do the same thing at 250 — there isn't time, there isn't physical capacity, and most importantly, there isn't musical room. At fast tempos, the listener's ear flattens out the texture; what feels rich at 130 sounds like noise at 250.
The principle is counterintuitive: at fast tempos, the drum part gets simpler, not more complex. The ride pattern thins out (often to just quarters, or quarters with the skip-note used sparingly). The kick almost disappears, or feathers to inaudibility. The hi-hat tightens into a dry chick on 2 and 4. Snare comping becomes rare — single hits that punctuate, not the conversation it can be at medium tempo. Less is faster.
Why Less Is Faster
Two reasons. Physical: at ♩=250, full swing 8ths in the right hand are 500 strokes per minute. Even a relaxed wrist tires; the swing degrades into a stiff straight-8th feel as fatigue sets in. Quarter notes (250 strokes per minute) are easy to sustain. Quarter+occasional-skip (300) is also sustainable. The ride pattern's full-on swing 8ths (500) is the thing that breaks first. Musical: at fast tempos the ear hears the QUARTER PULSE more strongly than the 8ths. Adding swing 8ths to the ride doesn't add more groove; it just adds noise. A clean quarter-note ride at 250 swings harder than a busy ride pattern at 250 because the listener can hear the time clearly.