Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jaegerhuber ɗan Anton Jaegerhuber ne, ɗan ƙasar Amurka ɗan asalin Jamusawa da Anna Maria Tippenhauer, memba na dangin mulatto na Haiti. Jaegerhuber ya yi karatu a tsohon Voigt Conservatory na Hamburg a Jamus daga 1915 zuwa 1922, yana zaune a Jamus don ƙarin karatu har zuwa 1937 lokacin da ya koma Haiti. Ya zauna a nesa don kimanin tsawon lokacin
Amurka ta mamaye Haiti. Daga baya Jaegerhuber ya ci gaba da rubuta kiɗa na gargajiya da wasan kwaikwayo. Sha'awarsa ga kiɗan ƙauye ya ba da babbar gudummawa ga duniyar kiɗa ta hanyar haɗa kiɗan gargajiya na gargajiya na Haiti tare da kiɗan gargajiya na Turai.