Being up tight is one of the most durable of phrases from the 1960s with little changing in attitude and meaning in the intervening years. Beginning with Buddy Rich's incendiary drumming, Oliver Nelson writes another contemporary sounding chart with Jay Corre playing a scalding solo on his tenor sax that rises above a churning orchestral background. There many cross references to the current rock scene including riffs that acidly bubble up from the caldron of Rich's frantically paced drumming. "Up Tight" comes to a not-so up tight, rousing conclusion.